La sopa sigue caliente.

the soup

Breakdown of La sopa sigue caliente.

• seguir: to continue
• caliente: warm

Questions & Answers about La sopa sigue caliente.

Why does Spanish use sigue here? What does it literally mean?

Sigue is the third-person singular form of seguir, which usually means to continue or to keep on.

In La sopa sigue caliente, it means something like:

• The soup continues hot
• more natural English: The soup is still hot

So Spanish often uses seguir + adjective to express still being in a state.

Examples:

• Sigue abierto = It’s still open.
• Sigo cansado = I’m still tired.
• Siguen aquí = They’re still here.

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Why not just say La sopa está caliente?

You can say La sopa está caliente, but it means simply:

• The soup is hot

That sentence does not emphasize that it remains hot.

Compare:

• La sopa está caliente = The soup is hot.
• La sopa sigue caliente = The soup is still hot / remains hot.

So sigue adds the idea of continuation.

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