spy

spy
1. noun
(a secret agent or person employed to gather information secretly especially about the military affairs of other countries: She was arrested as a spy; industrial spies.)

2. verb
1) (to be a spy: He had been spying for the Russians for many years.)
2) (to see or notice: She spied a human figure on the mountainside.)
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- spy on
spy1 n espía
a Russian spy un espía ruso
El plural de spy se escribe spies
spy2 vb espiar / vigilar
he spied on the Russians espiaba a los rusos
El pasado y participio pasado de spy se escribe spied; el gerundio se escribe spying
spy
tr[spaɪ]
noun (pl spies)
1 (gen) espía nombre masulino o femenino
intransitive verb (pt & pp spied, ger spying)
1 espiar (on, a)
■ he was spying for the enemy espiaba para el enemigo
■ someone had been spying on them alguien los había estado espiando
transitive verb
1 literal divisar, descubrir, ver
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
I spy with my little eye ... veo, veo ...
to play I spy jugar al veo-veo
to spy out the land reconocer la tierra, explorar la tierra
industrial spy espía nombre masulino o femenino industrial
police spy confidente nombre masulino o femenino, soplón,-ona
spy ring red nombre femenino de espionaje
spy story historia de espías
spy ['spaɪ] v, spied ; spying vt
see: ver, divisar
spy vi
: espiar
to spy on someone: espiar a alguien
spy n
: espía mf
spy
n.
• acechador, -ora s.m.,f.
• atisbador, -ora s.m.,f.
• echadizo s.m.
• espía s.f.
v.
• columbrar v.
• divisar v.
• espiar v.
spaɪ
I
noun (pl spies) espía mf; (before n) <satellite, ship> espía adj inv; <story> de espías, de espionaje

spy ring — red f de espionaje


II
1.
spies, spying, spied intransitive verb
a) (watch secretly) espiar*

to spy ON somebody — espiar* a alguien

b) (work as spy) espiar*

to spy ON something/somebody — espiar* algo/a alguien


2.
vt descubrir*, ver*

to play `I spy' — (BrE) jugar* al veo-veo

[spaɪ]
1.
N espía mf
2.
VT (=catch sight of) divisar

finally I spied him coming — por fin pude verlo viniendo

to play I spy — jugar al veo-veo

I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with A — veo, veo una cosa que empieza con A

3.
VI espiar, ser espía

to spy on sb — espiar a algn, observar a algn clandestinamente

he spied for the USA — fue espía al servicio de los EE.UU.

4.
CPD

spy plane N — avión m espía

spy ring N — red f de espionaje

spy satellite N — satélite m espía

spy ship N — buque m espía

spy story N — novela f de espionaje

* * *
[spaɪ]
I
noun (pl spies) espía mf; (before n) <satellite, ship> espía adj inv; <story> de espías, de espionaje

spy ring — red f de espionaje


II
1.
spies, spying, spied intransitive verb
a) (watch secretly) espiar*

to spy ON somebody — espiar* a alguien

b) (work as spy) espiar*

to spy ON something/somebody — espiar* algo/a alguien


2.
vt descubrir*, ver*

to play `I spy' — (BrE) jugar* al veo-veo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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