supervigilar

Spanish

Etymology

From super- +‎ vigilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supeɾbixiˈlaɾ/ [su.peɾ.β̞i.xiˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: su‧per‧vi‧gi‧lar

Verb

supervigilar (first-person singular present supervigilo, first-person singular preterite supervigilé, past participle supervigilado)

1. (transitive, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico) to surveil; to oversee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of supervigilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			supervigilar
gerund			supervigilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		supervigilado		supervigilada
		plural		supervigilados		supervigiladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	supervigilo	supervigilastú supervigilásvos	supervigila	supervigilamos	supervigiláis	supervigilan
	imperfect	supervigilaba	supervigilabas	supervigilaba	supervigilábamos	supervigilabais	supervigilaban
	preterite	supervigilé	supervigilaste	supervigiló	supervigilamos	supervigilasteis	supervigilaron
	future	supervigilaré	supervigilarás	supervigilará	supervigilaremos	supervigilaréis	supervigilarán
	conditional	supervigilaría	supervigilarías	supervigilaría	supervigilaríamos	supervigilaríais	supervigilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	supervigile	supervigilestú supervigilésvos2	supervigile	supervigilemos	supervigiléis	supervigilen
	imperfect (ra)	supervigilara	supervigilaras	supervigilara	supervigiláramos	supervigilarais	supervigilaran
	imperfect (se)	supervigilase	supervigilases	supervigilase	supervigilásemos	supervigilaseis	supervigilasen
	future1	supervigilare	supervigilares	supervigilare	supervigiláremos	supervigilareis	supervigilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		supervigilatú supervigilávos	supervigile	supervigilemos	supervigilad	supervigilen
	negative		no supervigiles	no supervigile	no supervigilemos	no supervigiléis	no supervigilen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of supervigilar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive supervigilar
	dative	supervigilarme	supervigilarte	supervigilarle, supervigilarse	supervigilarnos	supervigilaros	supervigilarles, supervigilarse
	accusative	supervigilarme	supervigilarte	supervigilarlo, supervigilarla, supervigilarse	supervigilarnos	supervigilaros	supervigilarlos, supervigilarlas, supervigilarse
with gerund supervigilando
	dative	supervigilándome	supervigilándote	supervigilándole, supervigilándose	supervigilándonos	supervigilándoos	supervigilándoles, supervigilándose
	accusative	supervigilándome	supervigilándote	supervigilándolo, supervigilándola, supervigilándose	supervigilándonos	supervigilándoos	supervigilándolos, supervigilándolas, supervigilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative supervigila
	dative	supervigílame	supervigílate	supervigílale	supervigílanos	not used	supervigílales
	accusative	supervigílame	supervigílate	supervigílalo, supervigílala	supervigílanos	not used	supervigílalos, supervigílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative supervigilá
	dative	supervigilame	supervigilate	supervigilale	supervigilanos	not used	supervigilales
	accusative	supervigilame	supervigilate	supervigilalo, supervigilala	supervigilanos	not used	supervigilalos, supervigilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative supervigile
	dative	supervigíleme	not used	supervigílele, supervigílese	supervigílenos	not used	supervigíleles
	accusative	supervigíleme	not used	supervigílelo, supervigílela, supervigílese	supervigílenos	not used	supervigílelos, supervigílelas
with first-person plural imperative supervigilemos
	dative	not used	supervigilémoste	supervigilémosle	supervigilémonos	supervigilémoos	supervigilémosles
	accusative	not used	supervigilémoste	supervigilémoslo, supervigilémosla	supervigilémonos	supervigilémoos	supervigilémoslos, supervigilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative supervigilad
	dative	supervigiladme	not used	supervigiladle	supervigiladnos	supervigilaos	supervigiladles
	accusative	supervigiladme	not used	supervigiladlo, supervigiladla	supervigiladnos	supervigilaos	supervigiladlos, supervigiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative supervigilen
	dative	supervigílenme	not used	supervigílenle	supervigílennos	not used	supervigílenles, supervigílense
	accusative	supervigílenme	not used	supervigílenlo, supervigílenla	supervigílennos	not used	supervigílenlos, supervigílenlas, supervigílense

Further reading

• “supervigilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28