espreitar

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. From Old Galician-Portuguese espreitar, itself perhaps from Old Occitan espleitar (“to exploit”), or either from Latin spectāre (“to observe”), or more likely explicitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espɾejˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to peek at, to peer, to skulk
2. (intransitive) to lurk

Synonyms

• agaitar, aseitar, axexar, esculcar, espiar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
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• “espreitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espreitar, probably from Latin explicitāre, frequentative of explicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ.pɾɐj.ˈtaɾ/, /iʃ.pɾej.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: es‧prei‧tar

Verb

2. (transitive) to peek at; to peer (to observe while hidden)
4. (intransitive) to lurk (to move about in hiding)
6. (transitive) to analyse; to examine (to inspect carefully or critically)

Synonyms

• (to analyse): analisar, examinar, investigar

See also

• espiar