vetllar

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vetlar~veytlar~vellar, from Latin vigilāre. Compare Occitan velhar, French veiller, Spanish velar. Cf. also the borrowed doublet vigilar.

Pronunciation

Verb

vetllar (first-person singular present vetllo, first-person singular preterite vetllí, past participle vetllat); root stress: (Valencian) /e/; (Central) /ɛ/

  1. to stay up (not sleep at night)
  2. to work nights, to work a night shift
  3. to patrol
  4. (intransitive) to look out for, watch over [+ per (object)]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of vetllar (first conjugation)
infinitive vetllar
gerund vetllant
past participle masculine feminine
singular vetllat vetllada
plural vetllats vetllades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present vetllo vetlles vetlla vetllem vetlleu vetllen
imperfect vetllava vetllaves vetllava vetllàvem vetllàveu vetllaven
future vetllaré vetllaràs vetllarà vetllarem vetllareu vetllaran
preterite vetllí vetllares vetllà vetllàrem vetllàreu vetllaren
conditional vetllaria vetllaries vetllaria vetllaríem vetllaríeu vetllarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present vetlli vetllis vetlli vetllem vetlleu vetllin
imperfect vetllés vetllessis vetllés vetlléssim vetlléssiu vetllessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — vetlla vetlli vetllem vetlleu vetllin
negative (no) — no vetllis no vetlli no vetllem no vetlleu no vetllin

Derived terms

References
  • “vetllar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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