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Borrowed from Old French soschier, from Latin suspicārī.

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sotjar (first-person singular present sotjo, first-person singular preterite sotgí, past participle sotjat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to spy on, to watch covertly
    Synonyms: espiar, vetllar, observar
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      No feia ni mitja hora que sotjava quan va sortir al balcó.
      I had not even been spying for half an hour when he came out on the balcony.

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