espía

See also: espia, espiá, espià, and espiã

Galician

Etymology 1

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Italian spia, Anglo-Norman espie, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“I look, watch”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [esˈpiɐ]

Noun

espía m or f (plural espías)

spy
- 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
  cando neste estado chegou unha espía nosa (que nunca parecera) decendo que viña Sul de Portugal con doce mil homes
  when, in this stance, a spy of us arrived —didn't look as one— saying that Marshal General Soult was coming from Portugal with twelve thousand men

Derived terms

espiar

Related terms

espionaxe

Noun

espía f (plural espías)

(regional) Alternative form of espiña

References

“espía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“espía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“espía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈpia/ [esˈpi.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: es‧pí‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha),[1] from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Italian spia, Anglo-Norman espie, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“to look, watch”)).

Noun

espía m or f (plural espías)

spy

Derived terms

espiar
programa espía

Related terms

espionaje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

espía

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

References

Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

[1] Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

单词	espía
释义	espía See also: espia, espiá, espià, and espiã Galician Etymology 1 From Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (spaiha), from Proto-Germanic spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Italian spia, Anglo-Norman espie, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“I look, watch”)). Pronunciation IPA^(key): [esˈpiɐ] Noun espía m or f (plural espías) spy 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia: cando neste estado chegou unha espía* nosa (que nunca parecera) decendo que viña Sul de Portugal con doce mil homes* when, in this stance, a spy of us arrived —didn't look as one— saying that Marshal General Soult was coming from Portugal with twelve thousand men Derived terms espiar Related terms espionaxe Noun espía f (plural espías) (regional) Alternative form of espiña References “espía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013. “espía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG. “espía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. Spanish Pronunciation IPA^(key): /esˈpia/ [esˈpi.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: es‧pí‧a Etymology 1 From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (spaiha),[1] from Proto-Germanic spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Italian spia, Anglo-Norman espie, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“to look, watch”)). Noun espía m or f (plural espías) spy Derived terms espiar programa espía Related terms espionaje Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Verb espía inflection of espiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Further reading “espía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 References Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
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espía

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

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