Polyglot Dictionary

vigilância

/viʒiˈlɐ̃sjɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as vigilâncias

Meaning

  1. surveillance

    • Há muita vigilância.

      There's a lot of surveillance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Überwachung

Überwachung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "surveillance."

Spanish

vigilancia

vigilancia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "surveillance."

French

surveillance

surveillance is the French word for the same thing — both mean "surveillance."

Practice

1 What does vigilância mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vigilância?

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