aguaitar
Catalan
Etymology
From a- + guaitar, borrowed from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aguaitar (first-person singular present aguaito, first-person singular preterite aguaití, past participle aguaitat)
- to pay attention
- to spy on, to prowl
- to observe
Conjugation
Descendants
- → Spanish: aguaitar
Further reading
- “aguaitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
aguaitar (first-person singular present aguaito, first-person singular preterite aguaité, past participle aguaitado)
- to pay attention, take care
- to look
- Synonym: mirar
- to spy on
- to observe
- Synonym: observar
- (Latin America) to wait
Conjugation
Conjugation of aguaitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “aguaitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Catalan terms prefixed with a-
- Catalan terms borrowed from Frankish
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- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
- Spanish terms derived from Catalan
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- Latin American Spanish
- es:Time
- es:Vision