pursue

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pərˈsjuː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɚˈsu/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pər so̅o̅)

Inflections of 'pursue' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
pursues
v 3rd person singular
pursuing
v pres p
pursued
v past
pursued
v past p
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
pursue [sb] vtr (follow: physically)perseguir a vtr + prep
  seguir a vtr + prep
 The police officer pursues the thief along the street.
 El policía persiguió al ladrón por la calle.
pursue [sth] vtr (try to attain) (estudios)hacer vtr
  seguir vtr
  proseguir vtr
 Melanie is pursuing a career in medicine.
 Melanie hace la carrera de medicina.
pursue [sth] vtr (follow: information)seguir vtr
 The police are pursuing a number of leads in their hunt for the suspect.
 La policía sigue varias pistas para cazar al sospechoso.
pursue [sth] vtr (apply yourself to [sth])dedicarse a v prnl + prep
 James is pursuing his studies in comparative literature.
 James se dedica a sus estudios de literatura comparada.
pursue [sb] vtr (romantically)perseguir a vtr + prep
  (figurado)estar atrás de, andar atrás de loc verb
 Sarah pursued Ian for weeks before he agreed to go out with her.
 Sarah persiguió a Ian durante semanas hasta que él aceptó salir con ella.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
pursue [sth] vtr (discuss further)discutir vtr
  ampliar vtr
 I'd really like to pursue the interesting point you made earlier about the link between poverty and poor nutrition.
 Me gustaría discutir lo que has dicho antes sobre el vínculo entre pobreza y mala nutrición.
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'pursue' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: pursue the [criminal, suspect, robber, fugitive], the [criminal] was pursued by [police officers, police cars, helicopters], pursued [downtown, on the highway, along the street], more...

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