Verbos con cambio ortográfico gu > g (El Presente)

Stem-changing Spanish gu>g verbs in the present tense

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Last updated: 2017-10-13
Spanish verbs that end in -guir change from -gu- to -g- in the yo form. For example seguir (to follow/continue): 

yo sigo
tú sigues
él / ella / Ud. sigue
nosotros / nosotras   seguimos
vosotros / vosotras  seguís
ellos / ellas / Uds.  siguen
Some other verbs affected by this specific consonant switch are:
  • perseguir (to chase) 
  • conseguir (to get)  
  • proseguir (to continue) 



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Conjugate stem-changing (e > i) and (gu > g) verbs: seguir, conseguir, perseguir in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente)
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