invegliare

Italian

Etymology

Reshaping of invigilare according to vegliare (to watch over; to stay up).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.veʎˈʎa.re/
  • Stress: invegliàre
  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧glia‧re

Verb

invegliare (literary, rare)

  1. Synonym of invigilare
    • 1581, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro XII:
      in tutti i casi inveglio e curo ¶ Che ’l mio stato si salvi e la tua vita
      In any case, I watch over to make sure to save my state and your life.

Conjugation

References

  • invegliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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