"espía" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /esˈpia/, [esˈpi.a] Forms: espías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-der. Proto-Germanic *spehōną Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) Old Spanish espia Spanish espía Inherited from Old Spanish espia. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:inh|osp:espia|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-der. Proto-Germanic *spehōną Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) Old Spanish espia Spanish espía [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*speḱ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*spehōną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Gothic", "term" : "*𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "got" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "espia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "espía", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="espía"> Inherited from Old Spanish espia. Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} espía m or f by sense (plural espías)
  1. spy Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: esculca Derived forms: espiar, programa espía Related terms: espionaje
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Espionage Disambiguation of Espionage: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /esˈpia/, [esˈpi.a]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|nl=1}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} espía
  1. inflection of espiar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: espiar
    Sense id: en-espía-es-verb-mf37p-SC Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 1 34 5 19 1 34 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 37 3 20 1 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 1 1 33 6 20 1 33 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 2 86 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 80 18
  2. inflection of espiar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: espiar
    Sense id: en-espía-es-verb-Fj~dInYI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Espionage Disambiguation of Espionage: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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