aguaitar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ɣwəjˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣwajˈtaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [a.ɣwajˈta]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Central Catalan conjugation of aguaitar (first conjugation)
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: aguaitar
Further reading
[edit]- “aguaitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan aguaitar.
Verb
[edit]aguaitar (first-person singular present aguaito, first-person singular preterite aguaité, past participle aguaitado)
Etymology 2
[edit]Likely from a- + English wait + -ar.
Verb
[edit]aguaitar (first-person singular present aguaito, first-person singular preterite aguaité, past participle aguaitado)
- (some of Latin America) to wait
Derived terms
[edit]Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aguaitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “aguaitar”, 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
- “aguaitar”, 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
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