espia

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈpi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Deverbal from espiar.

espia f (plural espies)

1. spy

• espiar

espia

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

espia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of espiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of espir

espia

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

• iaspe, paesi, pesai

From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpia/

espia f (plural espias)

1. 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.

• espiar

• Spanish: espía

espia

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