vigília
Portuguese, noun/viˈʒi.ljɐ/
vigília is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vigil (watch kept during the night)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “privação ou falta de sono durante a noite; o mesmo que insónia/insônia”.
What does vigília mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevigil (watch kept during the night)
- 2
femininevigil (nocturnal celebration in the eve of a religious festival)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. privação ou falta de sono durante a noite; o mesmo que insónia/insônia 2. estado de quem durante a noite se conserva desperto 3. ato de velar 4. desvelo, cuidado, dedicação
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 vigília
- vigílias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigília?
- Brazil /viˈʒi.ljɐ/
- Portugal /viˈʒi.ljɐ/
- Portugal /vɨˈʒi.ljɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vigília
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigília in Portuguese?
vigília appears 3.1 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).