"vigilante" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /bixiˈlante/, [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e] Forms: vigilantes [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|vigilans|vigilantem}} Borrowed from Latin vigilantem Head templates: {{es-adj}} vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)
  1. watchful, alert, wakeful Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: alerta, listo
    Sense id: en-vigilante-es-adj-jdn4UrYb Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 40 42 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bixiˈlante/, [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e] Forms: vigilantes [plural]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|vigilans|vigilantem}} Borrowed from Latin vigilantem Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)
  1. guard, watchman Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: guarda Derived forms: vigilancia, vigilante de seguridad, vigilante jurado, vigilantemente, vigilar
    Sense id: en-vigilante-es-noun-lryaysSk Categories (other): Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bixiˈlante/, [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e] Forms: vigilantes [plural]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: From Argentinian anarchist bakers who named their pastries in a provocative manner as a political statement. These pastries in particular were named after police batons in reference to their straight and tubular shape. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} vigilante m (plural vigilantes)
  1. (Rioplatense) a roll made from puff pastry, similar to a croissant, often topped with quince cheese or pastry cream Tags: Rioplatense, masculine
    Sense id: en-vigilante-es-noun-Yq2rvhCc Categories (other): Rioplatense Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Cakes and pastries Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 40 42 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 8 3 62 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bixiˈlante/, [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e] Forms: vigilantes [plural]
Rhymes: -ante Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} vigilante m (plural vigilantes)
  1. (Argentina) Clipping of postre vigilante. (an Argentinian dessert combining a sweet ingredient (often quince cheese) and cheese) Tags: Argentina, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine Alternative form of: postre vigilante (extra: (an Argentinian dessert combining a sweet ingredient (often quince cheese) and cheese)) Synonyms: queso y dulce, postre Martín Fierro
    Sense id: en-vigilante-es-noun-F~pm5Yyf Categories (other): Argentine Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Desserts Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 40 42 Disambiguation of Desserts: 4 5 34 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.