espia
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from espiar.
Noun
espia f (plural espies)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
espia
- inflection of espiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Verb
espia
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of espiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of espir
Italian
Verb
espia
- inflection of espiare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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
- IPA(key): /esˈpia/
Noun
espia f (plural espias)
- 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 [kind of] land it was.
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: espía
Portuguese
Verb
espia
- inflection of espiar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative