Perseguir means ‘to chase/pursue’. It is a stem-changing -ir verb (e → i) in which gu becomes g before a and o: persigo (present), perseguí and persiguió (preterite), perseguido (past participle), persiguiendo (gerund).
Perseguir in use
La policía persiguió al ladrón por todo el barrioThe police chased the thief all over the neighbourhood
Persigue tus sueñosFollow your dreams
Ese recuerdo me persigueThat memory haunts me
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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