spiare
Italian
Etymology
From spia, or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *spehōn or a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic equivalent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
Verb
spiare
- (transitive) to spy on, peep, peek, observe
- (transitive) to gauge, try to judge