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espiar

espiar

Catalan

Verb

espiar (first-person singular present espio, past participle espiat)

  1. to spy

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

Pronunciation

Verb

espiar (first-person singular present indicative espio, past participle espiado)

  1. to spy (to act as a spy)
  2. to peek; to peep

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • espia-maré

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Spanish

Etymology

From espía, or from Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

Verb

espiar (first-person singular present espío, first-person singular preterite espié, past participle espiado)

  1. to spy.

Conjugation

  • Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic infinitives receive no written accent in certain conjugations.

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