espia

See also: espía, espiá, espià, and espiã

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

espia f (plural espies)

1. spy

Derived terms

• espiar

Verb

espia

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

Italian

Verb

espia

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

Anagrams

• iaspe, paesi, pesai

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpia/

Noun

espia f (plural espias)

1. spy
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 22v.

     Mando el nŕo ſeńor amoẏſen q́ tremetiesſe eſpias atiera de chanaan por barútar q́ tŕa era

     Our Lord ordered Moses to send spies to the land of Canaan to get a sense of what [kind of] land it was.

Related terms

• espiar

Descendants

• Spanish: espía

Portuguese

Verb

espia

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