pispar

Onomatopoeic.

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

pispar (first-person singular present pispo, first-person singular preterite pispí, past participle pispat)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to pinch, to swipe

   Synonyms: furtar, robar

• pispa

• “pispar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• pispiar

Probably onomatopoeic. Cognate with Portuguese bispar.

• IPA^(key): /pisˈpaɾ/

pispar (first-person singular present pispo, first-person singular preterite pispei, past participle pispado)

1. to watch, to observe; to lurk, to spy on

   Synonyms: mirar, ollar

   • 1922, Victoriano Taibo, Abrente. Versos galegos, Santiago: El Eco de Santiago, page 99:

     Amor non ch'é cego que pispa e ás légoas, e leva o carcax ateigado, non d'agudas frechas, sinón de billetes de banco e louras moedas

     Love isn't blind, 'cause he sees for miles, and he carries his quiver full, not of sharp arrows, but of bank notes and blonde coins

2. to pinch, to steal

• “pispar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pispar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “pispar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pispiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• IPA^(key): /pisˈpaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pis‧par

pispar (first-person singular present pispo, first-person singular preterite pispé, past participle pispado)

1. (colloquial) to watch, to observe; to lurk, to spy on

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