espia

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See also: espía, espiá, espià, and espiã

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from espiar.

Noun

espia f (plural espies)

  1. spy
Derived terms

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

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

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 land it was.

Descendants

  • Spanish: espía

Portuguese

Verb

espia

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