pispar

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pisˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pisˈpaɾ]

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• pispiar

Probably onomatopoeic.^[1] 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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pispar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pispar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pispar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pispiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

pispa (“lively little girl”) +‎ -ar, of expressive origin, the sound psp being used to echo the liveliness of movement.

• IPA^(key): /pisˈpaɾ/ [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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024