vigilare

See also: vigilaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. Doublet of vegliare and vegghiare, which were borrowed from Occitan and inherited from Latin respectively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧là‧re

Verb

vigilàre (first-person singular present vìgilo, first-person singular past historic vigilài, past participle vigilàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to supervise, to monitor, to guard, to keep an eye on
    Synonyms: tenere d'occhio, monitorare, controllare
  2. (intransitive) to keep watch, to look out [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • vigilare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

vigilāre

  1. inflection of vigilō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

vigilare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vigilar
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