espia
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Noun edit
espia f (plural espies)
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espia
- inflection of espiar:
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espia
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of espiar:
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of espir
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espia
- inflection of espiare:
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Etymology edit
From Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
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espia f (plural espias)
- 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.
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- Spanish: espía
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espia
- inflection of espiar: