-ar verb Advanced

vigilar — Preterite (Pretérito)

to watch, to guard, to monitor

The preterite conjugation of vigilar (regular -ar verb, ranked #2425). Describes completed past actions with a clear start and end. Key signals: ayer, el lunes pasado, de repente.

Drill the preterite tense with spaced repetition Practice vigilar and 965 other verbs in the Conjugado app — free to try.
Practice for free ↗
Pronoun Preterite conjugation
yo vigilé
vigilaste
él/ella/Ud. vigiló
nosotros vigilamos
vosotros vigilasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. vigilaron

Example sentence

Vigilaron al sospechoso durante días.

They monitored the suspect for days.

Other tenses of vigilar

See full conjugation table for vigilar →

Related verbs

See all 1,316 verbs in the preterite tense

Browse Preterite tense →