vetllar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- vetlar (Valencia)
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/
- to stay up (not sleep at night)
- to work nights, to work a night shift
- to patrol
- (intransitive) to look out for, watch over [+ per (object)]
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 |
References
- “vetllar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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