espia

See also: espía, espiá, espià, and espiã

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈpi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espiar.

Noun

espia f (plural espies)

1. spy

Derived terms

• espiar

Etymology 2

Verb

espia

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

Galician

Verb

espia

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

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 nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſen q̃ tremetiesſe eſpias atiera de chanaan por barũtar q̃ tr̃a 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