vigilare

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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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vigilàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vigilàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund vigilàndo
present participle vigilànte past participle vigilàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vìgilo vìgili vìgila vigiliàmo vigilàte vìgilano
imperfect vigilàvo vigilàvi vigilàva vigilavàmo vigilavàte vigilàvano
past historic vigilài vigilàsti vigilò vigilàmmo vigilàste vigilàrono
future vigilerò vigilerài vigilerà vigilerémo vigileréte vigilerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vigilerèi vigilerésti vigilerèbbe, vigilerébbe vigilerémmo vigileréste vigilerèbbero, vigilerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present vìgili vìgili vìgili vigiliàmo vigiliàte vìgilino
imperfect vigilàssi vigilàssi vigilàsse vigilàssimo vigilàste vigilàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
vìgila vìgili vigiliàmo vigilàte vìgilino
negative imperative non vigilàre non vìgili non vigiliàmo non vigilàte non vìgilino

Related terms

Further reading

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

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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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