spy

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
2. A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.

Verb

1. To act as a spy.
2. To spot; to catch sight of.
3. To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
4. To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.

Conceptos

espía

espiar

observar

acechar

advertir

distinguir

notar

espia

divisar

vigilar

vislumbrar

confidente

acechador

cuidar

mirar

supervisor

escucha

atisbar

escudriñar

examinar

fisgonear

investigar

espión

soplona

soplón

discernir

ver

chivato

mirar a hurtadillas

bombero

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/spaɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).
The noun displaced native Old English sċēawere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English sċēawian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.