Translation
spy
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Word origin
From Italian spia, of Germanic origin, from a root meaning 'to watch' that also gives English 'spy'.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- spehon
- English cognates
- spy, espionage
Grammar
Examples
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The spy handed over the secret documents.
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In the film, the spy escapes over the roof.
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Nobody suspected that he was a spy.
cifrados.
Spies communicate with coded messages.
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Careful, that woman could be a spy!
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 7: espía, tribu, u and 7 more words.