Meaning
to watch over, supervise
- to monitor carefully to ensure order, safety, or legal compliance
In a sentence
Le autorità devono vigilare sul rispetto delle norme di sicurezza nei cantieri.
The authorities must oversee compliance with safety standards on construction sites.
La polizia ha vigilato sulla sicurezza dei cittadini durante l'intera manifestazione.
The police watched over citizen safety throughout the demonstration.
Chi vigilerà sulla corretta applicazione dell'accordo tra le due parti?
Who will monitor the correct implementation of the agreement between the two parties?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vigilare | infinitive |
| vigilo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| vigili | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vigila | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigiliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vigilate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigilavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| vigilavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| vigilava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vigilavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vigilavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vigilai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| vigilasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| vigilò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| vigilammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| vigilaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| vigilerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| vigilerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| vigilerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| vigileremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| vigilerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| vigileranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| vigili | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| vigili | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vigili | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigiliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vigiliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| vigilassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| vigilasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vigilassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vigilaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vigilerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| vigileresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vigilerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigileremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| vigilereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigila | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| vigiliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| vigilate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| vigilando | gerund |
| vigilato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formal: commonly found in official declarations and legal or administrative contexts.
- Almost always constructed intransitively with 'su' ('vigilare su qualcosa/qualcuno').
- Takes the auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.