Meaning

segundar

  1. (transitive) to repeat an action, do again
  2. (intransitive) to be in second place
  3. (South-America) to hit back

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
se‧gun‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈɡundo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin secundus with, per Coromines, a 'semi-learned' treatment of the stressed vowel (*segondo would have been expected otherwise). Doublet of según. Related to seguir (“follow”).

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