follow [ˈfɒləʊ]
verbo transitivo
follow that car! ¡siga a ese coche!; follow me sígame; she arrived first, followed by the ambassador ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador
the child follows him everywhere a bodyguard follows the president everywhere he followed Janice to New York two weeks later
to follow sb about or around seguir a algn a todas partes
to follow sb [in]/[out] the dog's not mine - /it just followed me in/ to follow sb into a room
he followed me into the room entró en la habitación detrás de mí
I followed her out into the garden salí al jardín detrás de ella
we followed her up the steps la seguimos escaleras arriba; subimos (las escaleras) detrás de ella
to follow one's nose (go straight on) ir todo seguido; (use one's instinct) dejarse guiar por el instinto
Just follow your nose and you'll be fine
the days following her death los días que siguieron a su muerte; the dinner will be followed by a concert después de la cena habrá un concierto; he followed his father into the business siguió los pasos de su padre en el negocio; they followed this with threats tras esto empezaron a amenazarnos; the bombing follows a series of recent attacks los bombardeos se han producido tras una serie de ataques recientes; following our meeting I spoke to the director tras nuestra reunión hablé con el director
this was followed by a request for ... he was arrested in the confusion which followed the problems that followed her resignation potatoes are the most popular food, followed by white bread
as sure(ly) as night follows day como dos y dos son cuatro
act
we're being followed nos están siguiendo; nos vienen siguiendo; she could feel his eyes following her sentía que la seguía con la mirada
he was following me with his eyes his eye followed the bird's flight I followed him with my eyes until he turned the corner police may follow a suspect for days before he leads them to any evidence
to have sb followed mandar seguir a algn
he had his wife followed because he suspected she was seeing someone else the police had the man followed to see if he would lead them to anyone involved in the crime
to follow a lead seguir una pista
4 (keep to) [+road, river] seguir; ir por
the road follows the coast la carretera sigue la costa or va por la costa
the river follows a winding course
5 (observe) [+instructions, advice, example, fashion] seguir; [+rules] obedecer; cumplir
I wouldn't advise you to follow that course of action no le aconsejo que tome ese camino or esas medidas
take care to follow the instructions carefully no two chefs follow the same recipe all we had to do was follow the map the best thing to do in this job is follow the rules and keep out of the boss's way I was only following the rules and look what's happened I would follow your doctor's advice if I were you He did his best to follow that advice all his life listen to her and follow her advice they look down on people who don't follow the latest fashion they wore Western clothes, followed Western fashions Helen never follows fashion trends I followed fashion and back-combed my hair to follow sb's [example] follow your father's example and you can't go far wrong
pattern suit
6 (engage in) [+career] emprender; [+profession] ejercer; [+trade] dedicarse a; [+religion] profesar; ser seguidor de
course of study on leaving university she decided to follow a career in advertising America showed itself to be suspicious of a married woman who followed a career independently they advised him to follow another career before thinking of entering politics he trained in Britain as an engineer and followed that profession, along with business interests, in Singapore in the 1960s if he'd been honest and followed his trade he could have made fifty quid a week si se hubiese dedicado a su oficio
7 (be interested in) [+news] seguir; mantenerse al corriente de; [+TV serial] seguir; [+sb's progress] seguir
do you follow football? ¿eres aficionado al fútbol?; which team do you follow? ¿de qué equipo eres?
we follow Borchester in my job as a press officer I have to follow the news they've been following the news about Somalia very closely have you been following the news? she follows all the soap operas on TV are you following that series of programmes on antiques? she was following Laura's progress closely their uncle always followed the childrens' progress at school the film follows the fortunes of two women
8 (understand) [+person, argument] seguir; entender
do you follow me? ¿me sigue?; ¿me entiende?; I don't quite follow you no te acabo de entender
I couldn't follow the plot he mumbled so much I couldn't follow what he was saying
it was a difficult plot to follow era un trama difícil de seguir
I didn't quite follow the plot
verbo intransitivo
they led her in and I followed la llevaron dentro y yo entré detrás; to follow, there was roast lamb de segundo había cordero asado; roast chicken, with apple pie to follow pollo asado y después de postre un pastel de manzana; what follows is an eye-witness account lo que viene a continuación es la versión de un testigo presencial; further price rises are sure to follow no cabe duda de que tras esto los precios subirán aún más
where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow cinemas have put their prices up and cigarette and alcohol manufacturers are sure to follow
as follows
the text reads as follows el texto dice lo siguiente; el texto dice así; the winners are as follows los ganadores son los siguientes
he answered as follows this can be achieved if you proceed as follows the book can be summed up as follows to follow (hard) on sb's heels the man left the pub with the inspector following hard on his heels the cutbacks follow hard on the heels of 2,400 redundancies announced last Friday the Polynesians were the first to do this, with the Europeans following hard on their heels
heel footstep
that doesn't follow eso no cuadra; de ahí no se puede deducir eso
"they can't get on with each other that badly if they were having dinner together" "that doesn't follow - someone else could have arranged the meal"
it follows that ... (de lo cual) se deduce que ...; se deduce pues que ...
It therefore follows that diets should be tailored to individual needs it follows that if we speed up the rate at which cells are being shed, we will speed up the rate at which new cells are formed to replace them it follows that, since our death is useless, we might as well save our lives As shareholders are unlikely to accept a cut in profits it follows that this increase will be passed on to shoppers in the form of higher prices
it doesn't follow that ... no significa que ...
just because we are making investigations it does not necessarily follow that a crime has been committed just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next