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common
/esˈpia/
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Translation
spy
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
Gendercommon
Pluralespías
Examples
.
The spy handed over the secret documents.
, .
In the film, the spy escapes over the roof.
sospechaba .
Nobody suspected that he was a spy.
cifrados.
Spies communicate with coded messages.
¡, !
Careful, that woman could be a spy!
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