vixilancia
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Etymology
Noun
vixilancia f (uncountable)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantia; equivalent to vixilar + -ancia.
Noun
vixilancia f (plural vixilancias)
- 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)
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Further reading
- “vixilancia”, 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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