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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)
- (transitive) to supervise, to monitor, to guard, to keep an eye on
- Synonyms: tenere d'occhio, monitorare, controllare
- (intransitive) to keep watch, to look out
Conjugation
Further reading
- vigilare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
vigilāre
- inflection of vigilō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Spanish
Verb
vigilare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of vigilar