vigía
Spanish, noun
vigía is spelled V-I-G-Í-A (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigía is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lookout, watchtower (a vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, vigia is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de vigiar”.
What does vigía mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelookout, watchtower (a vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- 2
masculinereef (a chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral protruding from the surface of the water)
- 3
archaicmasculinewatch (“act of guarding”)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinelookout (a person on watch for approaching danger, an enemy, etc.)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de vigiar. 2. Atalaya (torre). 3. Escollo que sobresale algo sobre la superficie del mar.
noun: 1. Persona destinada a vigiar o atalayar el mar o la campiña.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vigía
- vigías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vigía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigía in Spanish?
vigía appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).