sorvegliare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French surveiller. First attested in the 19th century. By surface analysis, sor- + vegliare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sor.veʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sor‧ve‧glià‧re
  • (file)

Verb

sorvegliàre (first-person singular present sorvéglio, first-person singular past historic sorvegliài, past participle sorvegliàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to watch, keep an eye on, watch over
  2. to supervise or oversee

Conjugation

References

  • sorvegliàre in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • sorvegliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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