vigilar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. First attested in 1803. See the doublet vetllar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [bi.ʒiˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vigilar (first-person singular present vigilo, first-person singular preterite vigilí, past participle vigilat)

1. to monitor, watch over, patrol, pay attention (to)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of vigilar (first conjugation)

infinitive			vigilar
gerund			vigilant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vigilat		vigilada
		plural		vigilats		vigilades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vigilo	vigiles	vigila	vigilem	vigileu	vigilen
	imperfect	vigilava	vigilaves	vigilava	vigilàvem	vigilàveu	vigilaven
	future	vigilaré	vigilaràs	vigilarà	vigilarem	vigilareu	vigilaran
	preterite	vigilí	vigilares	vigilà	vigilàrem	vigilàreu	vigilaren
	conditional	vigilaria	vigilaries	vigilaria	vigilaríem	vigilaríeu	vigilarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vigili	vigilis	vigili	vigilem	vigileu	vigilin
	imperfect	vigilés	vigilessis	vigilés	vigiléssim	vigiléssiu	vigilessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vigila	vigili	vigilem	vigileu	vigilin
	negative (no)	—	no vigilis	no vigili	no vigilem	no vigileu	no vigilin

Related terms

• vigilància
• vigilant

Further reading

• “vigilar”, 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
• “vigilar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vigilar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilāre. See the doublet velar. Cognate with English vigilate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bixiˈlaɾ/ [bi.xiˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lar

Verb

vigilar (first-person singular present vigilo, first-person singular preterite vigilé, past participle vigilado)

1. to watch over

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vigilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vigilar
gerund			vigilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vigilado		vigilada
		plural		vigilados		vigiladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vigilo	vigilastú vigilásvos	vigila	vigilamos	vigiláis	vigilan
	imperfect	vigilaba	vigilabas	vigilaba	vigilábamos	vigilabais	vigilaban
	preterite	vigilé	vigilaste	vigiló	vigilamos	vigilasteis	vigilaron
	future	vigilaré	vigilarás	vigilará	vigilaremos	vigilaréis	vigilarán
	conditional	vigilaría	vigilarías	vigilaría	vigilaríamos	vigilaríais	vigilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vigile	vigilestú vigilésvos2	vigile	vigilemos	vigiléis	vigilen
	imperfect (ra)	vigilara	vigilaras	vigilara	vigiláramos	vigilarais	vigilaran
	imperfect (se)	vigilase	vigilases	vigilase	vigilásemos	vigilaseis	vigilasen
	future1	vigilare	vigilares	vigilare	vigiláremos	vigilareis	vigilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vigilatú vigilávos	vigile	vigilemos	vigilad	vigilen
	negative		no vigiles	no vigile	no vigilemos	no vigiléis	no vigilen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vigilar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive vigilar	dative	vigilarme	vigilarte	vigilarle, vigilarse	vigilarnos	vigilaros	vigilarles, vigilarse
	accusative	vigilarme	vigilarte	vigilarlo, vigilarla, vigilarse	vigilarnos	vigilaros	vigilarlos, vigilarlas, vigilarse
with gerund vigilando	dative	vigilándome	vigilándote	vigilándole, vigilándose	vigilándonos	vigilándoos	vigilándoles, vigilándose
	accusative	vigilándome	vigilándote	vigilándolo, vigilándola, vigilándose	vigilándonos	vigilándoos	vigilándolos, vigilándolas, vigilándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vigila	dative	vigílame	vigílate	vigílale	vigílanos	not used	vigílales
	accusative	vigílame	vigílate	vigílalo, vigílala	vigílanos	not used	vigílalos, vigílalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vigilá	dative	vigilame	vigilate	vigilale	vigilanos	not used	vigilales
	accusative	vigilame	vigilate	vigilalo, vigilala	vigilanos	not used	vigilalos, vigilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vigile	dative	vigíleme	not used	vigílele, vigílese	vigílenos	not used	vigíleles
	accusative	vigíleme	not used	vigílelo, vigílela, vigílese	vigílenos	not used	vigílelos, vigílelas
with first-person plural imperative vigilemos	dative	not used	vigilémoste	vigilémosle	vigilémonos	vigilémoos	vigilémosles
	accusative	not used	vigilémoste	vigilémoslo, vigilémosla	vigilémonos	vigilémoos	vigilémoslos, vigilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vigilad	dative	vigiladme	not used	vigiladle	vigiladnos	vigilaos	vigiladles
	accusative	vigiladme	not used	vigiladlo, vigiladla	vigiladnos	vigilaos	vigiladlos, vigiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vigilen	dative	vigílenme	not used	vigílenle	vigílennos	not used	vigílenles, vigílense
	accusative	vigílenme	not used	vigílenlo, vigílenla	vigílennos	not used	vigílenlos, vigílenlas, vigílense

Related terms

• vigilancia
• vigilante

Further reading

• “vigilar”, 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