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)]

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References

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