proseguir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- persecute verb To treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a long period, often because of their race, religion, or beliefs.
- prosecute verb To formally charge someone with a crime and pursue legal action against them in court.
- pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
- resume verb To start something again after it was paused or interrupted.
Senses
proseguir is used for these senses in English:
- carry on (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
- get on with (transitive) To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
- persecute To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- prosecute (transitive) To pursue something to the end.
- pursue (transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). [from late 14th c.]
- resume (transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]
persecute — full definition
- verb To treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a long period, often because of their race, religion, or beliefs.
- verb To repeatedly harass or pester someone.
prosecute — full definition
- verb To formally charge someone with a crime and pursue legal action against them in court.
- verb (formal) To carry a task or plan through to its conclusion.