To follow is to move forward: learn Spanish step by step /Seguir es avanzar: aprende español paso a paso / 5 minutos de español (English version) + Podcast

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Hello, how are you? Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where you are or the time you're listening.

👋 Welcome back to this space for learning and practicing Spanish. This is episode 246.

Today we're going to talk about a very common and useful verb: the verb "seguir" (to follow/continue).

The verb "seguir" means "to follow" or "to continue."

We use it very frequently in Spanish, in different contexts.

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For example:

• Sigo caminando → I keep walking.
• ¿Me sigues en lo que digo? → Do you follow what I’m saying?
• Ella sigue estudiando español → She continues studying Spanish.

Como ves, “seguir” puede significar to follow físicamente o to continue en una acción. El sustantivo o nombre es el seguimiento ¿verdad?

Sí, el seguimiento, que en inglés decimos follow-up.

As you can see, "seguir" can mean to follow someone physically or to continue an action. The noun, or the word that represents the action, is "follow-up," right?

Yes, "follow-up," which in English is also called "follow-up."

 

• Un doctor hace el seguimiento de un paciente → A doctor does the follow-up of a patient.
• Un maestro hace el seguimiento de un estudiante → A teacher follows up on a student’s progress.
• Una empresa hace el seguimiento de un pedido → A company tracks or follows up on an order.
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“Seguimiento” tiene siempre esta idea de control, revisión, cuidado, de algo que se continúa observando.

. ¿Y qué tal si repites estas expresiones con “seguir”?

 

"Monitoring" always has this idea of ​​control, review, care, of something that continues to be observed.

. What if you repeat these expressions with "follow"?

• Seguido: significa often.
• Voy seguido al cine → I often go to the movies.

Repiete Voy seguido al cine

• Seguir adelante: significa to move on, to keep going.
• Después del error, decidió seguir adelante → After the mistake, he decided to move on.
• Repite: Después del error, decidió seguir adelante
• Seguir en contacto: to keep in touch.
• Vamos a seguir en contacto por WhatsApp → We’ll keep in touch on WhatsApp.
• Repite: Vamos a seguir en contacto por WhatsApp

Y ahora la pregunta para ti:/Now, questions for you:
¿Qué cosas sigues en tu vida? ¿Sigues un sueño, una rutina, una meta?
Do you follow a routine, do you follow your dreams, do you follow your goals?
¿Sigues un plan de estudios de español?

Y ya que hablamos de “seguir”, recordemos el sustantivo seguimiento.
El seguimiento no es solo médico o académico, también puede ser personal: el seguimiento de tus metas, de tus proyectos, de tus sueños.

And since we're talking about "follow-up," let's remember the noun follow-up.

Follow-up isn't just medical or academic; it can also be personal: following up on your goals, your projects, your dreams.

For example:

• Estoy haciendo el seguimiento de mis avances en el gimnasio → I’m tracking my progress at the gym.
• Ella hace el seguimiento de sus gastos → She keeps track of her expenses.

 

👉 And you? How are you doing with your goal of speaking Spanish fluently in 2025?

Continuing is progress, and every little step counts.

So keep learning, keep practicing, keep dreaming in Spanish.

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See you in the next episode.

See you soon./ Nos vemos pronto

Bye, bye. /Chau, chau