vigilar

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to watch, to supervise, to guard

∗ verb

"vigilar" can be a verb. You can see the conjugations below.

Vigilar
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vigilar

transitive verb

1. to guard (preso, banco); to keep an eye on (niño, bolso); to watch over (enfermo); to oversee (proceso)

vigila que nadie toque esto -> make sure no-one touches this
me vigilan desde hace días -> they've been watching me for days

intransitive verb

2. to keep watch

vigilar por algo -> to (keep a) watch over something

vigilar [ve-he-lar’]

verb neuter

1. To watch over (velar por), to keep guard, to look after (cuidar), to tend (máquina); to guard (frontera). (n)

Vigilar a los niños para que no se hagan daño -> to see that children come to no harm

vigilar

verbo:transitivo

1 [+niño, enfermo, equipaje, máquina] to keep an eye on; watch

vigila a los niños para que no se hagan daño keep an eye on o watch the children to see they don't get hurt; vigila el arroz para que no se pegue keep an eye on the rice to make sure it doesn't stick

2 [+trabajo] to supervise

3 [+presos] to guard; [+frontera] to guard; police

vigilaban de cerca al sospechoso they kept a close watch on the suspect

verbo:intransitivo

to keep watch

tú vigila fuera mientras yo me escondo you keep a lookout o keep watch outside while I hide; vigilar por algo to watch over sth; su misión es vigilar por la seguridad del Estado his task is to watch over national security

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugations for "vigilar" (go to to watch, to supervise, to guard)

Gerund: vigilando
Participle: vigilado

Indicative

	Present	Preterit	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	vigilo	vigilé	vigilaba	vigilaría	vigilaré
tú	vigilas	vigilaste	vigilabas	vigilarías	vigilarás
él/ella/Ud.	vigila	vigiló	vigilaba	vigilaría	vigilará
nosotros	vigilamos	vigilamos	vigilábamos	vigilaríamos	vigilaremos
vosotros	vigiláis	vigilasteis	vigilabais	vigilaríais	vigilaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	vigilan	vigilaron	vigilaban	vigilarían	vigilarán