vigiar
Portuguese, verb/vi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
vigiar is spelled V-I-G-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to watch (to attend or guard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “observar atentamente”.
What does vigiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to watch (to attend or guard)
- 2
to watch (to act as a lookout)
- 3
to observe something carefully
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. observar atentamente 2. espreitar 3. velar, cuidar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vigiar
- vigio first-person present singular
- vigiei first-person preterite singular
- vigiado participle past
- vigiares infinitive second-person singular
- vigiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- vigiardes infinitive plural second-person
- vigiarem infinitive plural third-person
- vigiando gerund
- vigiados masculine participle past
- vigiada feminine participle past
- vigiadas feminine participle past
- vigias indicative present second-person
- vigia indicative present singular
- vigiamos first-person indicative plural
- vigiais indicative plural present
- vigiam indicative plural present
- vigiava first-person imperfect indicative
- vigiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigiar?
- Brazil /vi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vi.ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /viˈʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vigiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigiar in Portuguese?
vigiar appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).