vigiar

== 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 === Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧ar === Verb === vigiar (first-person singular present vigio, first-person singular preterite vigiei, past participle vigiado) to watch (to attend or guard) Synonym: zelar to watch (to act as a lookout) to observe something carefully Synonym: observar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vigiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vigiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese vigiar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈxjaɾ/ [biˈxjaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: vi‧giar === Verb === vigiar (first-person singular present vigio, first-person singular preterite vigié, past participle vigiado) (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to spy on (someone) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “vigiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “vigiar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010