espía

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See also: espia, espiá, espià, and espiã

Galician

Etymology 1

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, , English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“I look, watch”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

espía m or f by sense (plural espías)

  1. spy
    • 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
      cando neste estado chegou unha espía nosa (que nunca parecera) decendo que viña Sul de Portugal con doce mil homes
      when, in this stance, a spy of us arrived —didn't look as one— saying that Marshal General Soult was coming from Portugal with twelve thousand men
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

espía f (plural espías)

  1. (regional) Alternative form of espiña

Etymology 3

Verb

espía

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

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpia/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: es‧pí‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha),[1] from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“to look, watch”)).

Noun

espía m or f by sense (plural espías)

  1. spy
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

espía

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
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