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según

/seˈɡun/

preposition/seˈɡun/

according to; as, just as, the same way; depending on

Según dice Marta...According to what Marta says...

Synonyms: acorde a, de acuerdo con

Inherited from Old Spanish segund, segunt, inherited from Latin secundus with, per Coromines, a 'semi-learned' treatment of the stressed vowel (*segón would have been expected otherwise). Doublet of segundo. Related to seguir (“follow”).