vetllar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vetlar (Valencia)

Etymology

From Old Catalan vetlar~veytlar~vellar, from Latin vigilāre. Compare Occitan velhar, French veiller, Spanish velar. Cf. also the borrowed doublet vigilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəʎˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [velˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vetllar (first-person singular present vetllo, first-person singular preterite vetllí, past participle vetllat)

1. to stay up (not sleep at night)
2. to work nights, to work a night shift
3. to patrol
4. Template:indtr to look out for, watch over

Derived terms

• vetlla
• vetllada
• vetllador
• vetllatori

 

References

• “vetllar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.