espía

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See also: espia, espiá, espià, and espiã

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, , English spy, German spähen (to peek, spy) and Latin speciō (I look, watch)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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espía m or f by sense (plural espías)

  1. spy
    • 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
      cando neste estado chegou unha espía nosa (que nunca parecera) decendo que viña Sul de Portugal con doce mil homes
      when, in this stance, a spy of us arrived —didn't look as one— saying that Marshal General Soult was coming from Portugal with twelve thousand men
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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espía f (plural espías)

  1. (regional) Alternative form of espiña

Etymology 3

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Verb

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espía

  1. inflection of espiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of espir

References

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpia/ [esˈpi.a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: es‧pí‧a

Etymology 1

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From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha),[1] from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, English spy, German spähen (to peek, spy) and Latin speciō (to look, watch)).

Noun

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espía m or f by sense (plural espías)

  1. spy
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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espía

  1. inflection of espiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN