vigilar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. First attested in 1803.[1] See the doublet vetllar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vigilar (first-person singular present vigilo, first-person singular preterite vigilí, past participle vigilat)

  1. to monitor, watch over, patrol, pay attention (to)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ vigilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. See the doublet velar. Cognate with English vigilate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bixiˈlaɾ/ [bi.xiˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lar

Verb

vigilar (first-person singular present vigilo, first-person singular preterite vigilé, past participle vigilado)

  1. to watch over

Conjugation

Further reading