vigiar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vigiar, probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin vigilāre, from vigil (“alert; awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈʒja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈʒja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈʒja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /viˈʒja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧ar

Verb

vigiar (first-person singular present vigio, first-person singular preterite vigiei, past participle vigiado)

  1. to watch (to attend or guard)
    Synonym: zelar
  2. to watch (to act as a lookout)
  3. to observe something carefully
    Synonym: observar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vigiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal vigiar
Personal vigiar vigiares vigiar vigiarmos vigiardes vigiarem
Gerund
vigiando
Past participle
Masculine vigiado vigiados
Feminine vigiada vigiadas
Indicative
Present vigio vigias vigia vigiamos vigiais vigiam
Imperfect vigiava vigiavas vigiava vigiávamos vigiáveis vigiavam
Preterite vigiei vigiaste vigiou vigiamos1, vigiámos2 vigiastes vigiaram
Pluperfect vigiara vigiaras vigiara vigiáramos vigiáreis vigiaram
Future vigiarei vigiarás vigiará vigiaremos vigiareis vigiarão
Conditional vigiaria vigiarias vigiaria vigiaríamos vigiaríeis vigiariam
Subjunctive
Present vigie vigies vigie vigiemos vigieis vigiem
Imperfect vigiasse vigiasses vigiasse vigiássemos vigiásseis vigiassem
Future vigiar vigiares vigiar vigiarmos vigiardes vigiarem
Imperative
Affirmative vigia vigie vigiemos vigiai vigiem
Negative (não) não vigies não vigie não vigiemos não vigieis não vigiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese vigiar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈxjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vi‧giar

Verb

vigiar (first-person singular present vigio, first-person singular preterite vigié, past participle vigiado)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to spy on (someone)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vigiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive vigiar
gerund vigiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular vigiado vigiada
plural vigiados vigiadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vigio vigiastú
vigiásvos 		vigia vigiamos vigiáis vigian
imperfect vigiaba vigiabas vigiaba vigiábamos vigiabais vigiaban
preterite vigié vigiaste vigió vigiamos vigiasteis vigiaron
future vigiaré vigiarás vigiará vigiaremos vigiaréis vigiarán
conditional vigiaría vigiarías vigiaría vigiaríamos vigiaríais vigiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vigie vigiestú
vigiésvos2 		vigie vigiemos vigiéis vigien
imperfect
(ra) 		vigiara vigiaras vigiara vigiáramos vigiarais vigiaran
imperfect
(se) 		vigiase vigiases vigiase vigiásemos vigiaseis vigiasen
future1 vigiare vigiares vigiare vigiáremos vigiareis vigiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vigiatú
vigiávos 		vigie vigiemos vigiad vigien
negative no vigies no vigie no vigiemos no vigiéis no vigien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vigiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive vigiar
dative vigiarme vigiarte vigiarle, vigiarse vigiarnos vigiaros vigiarles, vigiarse
accusative vigiarme vigiarte vigiarlo, vigiarla, vigiarse vigiarnos vigiaros vigiarlos, vigiarlas, vigiarse
with gerund vigiando
dative vigiándome vigiándote vigiándole, vigiándose vigiándonos vigiándoos vigiándoles, vigiándose
accusative vigiándome vigiándote vigiándolo, vigiándola, vigiándose vigiándonos vigiándoos vigiándolos, vigiándolas, vigiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vigia
dative vígiame vígiate vígiale vígianos not used vígiales
accusative vígiame vígiate vígialo, vígiala vígianos not used vígialos, vígialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vigiá
dative vigiame vigiate vigiale vigianos not used vigiales
accusative vigiame vigiate vigialo, vigiala vigianos not used vigialos, vigialas
with formal second-person singular imperative vigie
dative vígieme not used vígiele, vígiese vígienos not used vígieles
accusative vígieme not used vígielo, vígiela, vígiese vígienos not used vígielos, vígielas
with first-person plural imperative vigiemos
dative not used vigiémoste vigiémosle vigiémonos vigiémoos vigiémosles
accusative not used vigiémoste vigiémoslo, vigiémosla vigiémonos vigiémoos vigiémoslos, vigiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vigiad
dative vigiadme not used vigiadle vigiadnos vigiaos vigiadles
accusative vigiadme not used vigiadlo, vigiadla vigiadnos vigiaos vigiadlos, vigiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vigien
dative vígienme not used vígienle vígiennos not used vígienles, vígiense
accusative vígienme not used vígienlo, vígienla vígiennos not used vígienlos, vígienlas, vígiense

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