sapear

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From sapo (“frog”) + -ear. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sa‧pe‧ar === Verb === sapear (first-person singular present sapeio, first-person singular preterite sapeei, past participle sapeado) (Brazil, slang) to spy; to observe while concealed Synonyms: espreitar, espiar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “sapear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sapear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From sapo + -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sapeˈaɾ/ [sa.peˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: sa‧pe‧ar === Verb === sapear (first-person singular present sapeo, first-person singular preterite sapeé, past participle sapeado) (Latin America) to dob in; snitch (Latin America) to spy; observe Synonym: espiar (Chile, Intransitive) to act like a telltale ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “sapear”, 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