vigilancia
See also: vigilància and vigilância
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin vigilantia; equivalent to vigilar + -ancia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /bixiˈlanθja/ [bi.xiˈlãn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bixiˈlansja/ [bi.xiˈlãn.sja]
- Rhymes: -anθja
- Rhymes: -ansja
- Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧cia
Noun
[edit]vigilancia f (plural vigilancias)
- vigilance, watchfulness (the state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness)
- surveillance, security (close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vigilancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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