espiar

Catalan

Etymology

From espia +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.piˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.piˈaɾ]

Verb

espiar (first-person singular present espio, first-person singular preterite espií, past participle espiat)

1. to spy (act as a spy)

Derived terms

• espieta

Related terms

• espia

Further reading

• “espiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “espiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “espiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es.pi.ˈaɾ/

Verb

1. to spy (to act as a spy)
2. to peek; to peep

Synonyms

• (spy): espreitar, aseitar

Related terms

• espía
• espionaxe

Further reading

• “espiar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌes.pi.ˈa(ɻ)/

Verb

1. to spy (to act as a spy)
2. to peek; to peep

Synonyms

• (spy): espreitar

Derived terms

• espia-maré

Related terms

• espia
• espiada
• espião
• espionagem

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From espía +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpjaɾ/ [esˈpjaɾ]

Verb

1. to spy (act as a spy)

Related terms

• espía
• espionaje

Further reading

• “espiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014