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spia.

spy, bug

4 characters1 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈspi.a/
  1. spy, bug

    feminine
  2. spy, informer, infiltrator, telltale, fink, grass

    feminine
  3. light, gauge, indicator

    feminine · usually
    spia dell'olio
  4. sign, indication, symptom

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Germanic language, perhaps Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) or from a Frankish cognate, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”). Cognates include obsolete French épie (“spy”), Spanish espía (“spy”), English spy and German spähen (“to peek, to spy”).

adj/ˈspi.a/
  1. spy

    invariable · relational
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Germanic language, perhaps Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) or from a Frankish cognate, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”). Cognates include obsolete French épie (“spy”), Spanish espía (“spy”), English spy and German spähen (“to peek, to spy”).

verb/ˈspi.a/
  1. inflection of spiare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of spiare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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