espiar

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”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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

1. to spy (act as a spy)

• espieta

• espia

• “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.

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

IPA^(key): /es.pi.ˈaɾ/

espiar (first-person singular present espío, first-person singular preterite espiei, past participle espiado)
espiar (first-person singular present espio, first-person singular preterite espiei, past participle espiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to spy (to act as a spy)

   Synonyms: espreitar, aseitar

2. to peek; to peep

• espía
• espionaxe

• “espiar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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

espiar (first-person singular present espio, first-person singular preterite espiei, past participle espiado)

1. to spy (to act as a spy)

   Synonym: espreitar

2. to peek; to peep

• espia-maré

• espia
• espiada
• espião
• espionagem

• “espiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpjaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧piar

espiar (first-person singular present espío, first-person singular preterite espié, past participle espiado)

1. to spy, to spy on (act as a spy)

   Synonyms: avizorar, vacilar

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