espía

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈpia/ [es̺ˈpi.ɐ] Rhymes: -ia Hyphenation: es‧pí‧a === Etymology 1 === From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, , English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“I look, watch”)). ==== Noun ==== espía m or f by sense (plural espías) spy Synonym: esculca (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== espía f (plural espías) (regional) alternative form of espiña === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== espía inflection of espiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of espir === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espía”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “espía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈpia/ [esˈpi.a] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: es‧pí‧a === Etymology 1 === From Old Spanish espia, from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) (compare Anglo-Norman espie, French espion, Italian spia, English spy, German spähen (“to peek, spy”) and Latin speciō (“to look, watch”)). ==== Noun ==== espía m or f by sense (plural espías) spy Synonym: esculca (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === References ===