invigilare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invigilāre, present active infinitie of invigilō (“I stay awake; I watch over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.vi.d͡ʒiˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Stress: invigilàre
- Hyphenation: in‧vi‧gi‧la‧re
Verb
invigilare (rare)
- (transitive with a or su or with no preposition (rare)) to watch over; to invigilate
- 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Capitolo XV, page 295:
- a ogni forno furono deputati nobili, che vi si portassero di buon mattino, a invigilare sulla distribuzione e a tenere a freno gl’inquieti, con l’autorità della presenza, e con le buone parole.
- At every baker's some of the nobility were stationed, to watch over the distribution, and to restrain the discontented by fair words and the authority of their presence.
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- (intransitive) to be vigilant
Related terms
References
- invigilare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
invigilāre
- inflection of invigilō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative
- second-person singular present passive indicative
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