conseguir

From Vulgar Latin *cōnsequiō or *cōnsequō, from Latin cōnsequor.

conseguir

1. (transitive) to get, gain, obtain

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• seguir

From Vulgar Latin *cōnsequiō or *cōnsequō, from Latin cōnsequor.

conseguir (first-person singular present consigo, third-person singular present consegue, first-person singular preterite conseguín, past participle conseguido)
conseguir (first-person singular present consigo, third-person singular present consegue, first-person singular preterite conseguim or consegui, past participle conseguido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to get, obtain
2. (transitive) to achieve
3. to be able to, can

• lograr

• “conseguir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cōnsequīre or cōnsequere, from Latin cōnsequī. By surface analysis, con- (“co-”) +‎ seguir (“to follow”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɡi(h)/
  • (without vowel harmony) IPA^(key): /kõ.sɛˈɡi(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈɡi(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: con‧se‧guir

conseguir (first-person singular present consigo, third-person singular present consegue, first-person singular preterite consegui, past participle conseguido)

1. (transitive) to get, obtain
2. (transitive) to achieve
3. to be able to, can

   Consegues pular esse muro?

   Can you jump that wall?

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conseguir.

• desconseguir
• conseguimento

• “conseguir”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “conseguir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “conseguir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “conseguir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “conseguir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “conseguir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish conseguir, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsequiō or *cōnsequō, from Latin cōnsequor.

• IPA^(key): /konseˈɡiɾ/ [kõn.seˈɣ̞iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧se‧guir

conseguir (first-person singular present consigo, first-person singular preterite conseguí, past participle conseguido)

1. (transitive) to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain
2. (transitive) to get, obtain, acquire, find, gain, procure, extract, get to
3. (transitive) to ensure, secure
4. (transitive) to bring about
5. (transitive) to raise (e.g. funds or money)
6. (transitive) to enlist (e.g. support, help or participation)
7. (transitive, slang, crime) to score

• When conseguir is used in the sense of "succeed," the Spanish locution equivalent to English "succeed in/at [gerund]" is "[inflected form of conseguir] [infinitive or infinitive-headed verb/gerund phrase]."

• alcanzar
• lograr

• “conseguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28