vigia
Portuguese, noun/viˈʒi.ɐ/
vigia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “watch; lookout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vigiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área”.
What does vigia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewatch; lookout
- 2
femininewatchtower
- 3
femininepeephole
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesentinel; lookout (referring to a person, a sentry or guard)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of viger
- 4
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of vigir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará
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 vigia
- vigias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigia?
- Brazil /viˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /viˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /vɨˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vigia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigia in Portuguese?
vigia appears 4.8 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).