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1 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. verb1) (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.)•- spyhole- spy on
spy1 n espíaspy2 vb espiar / vigilartr[spaɪ]1 (gen) espía nombre masulino o femenino1 espiar (on, a)1 literal divisar, descubrir, ver\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLI spy with my little eye... veo, veo...to play I spy jugar al veo-veoto spy out the land reconocer la tierra, explorar la tierraindustrial spy espía nombre masulino o femenino industrialpolice spy confidente nombre masulino o femenino, soplón,-onaspy ring red nombre femenino de espionajespy story historia de espíassee: ver, divisarspy vi: espiarto spy on someone: espiar a alguienspy n: espía mfn.• acechador, -ora s.m.,f.• atisbador, -ora s.m.,f.• echadizo s.m.• espía s.f.v.• columbrar v.• divisar v.• espiar v.spaɪ
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noun (pl spies) espía mf; (before n) <satellite, ship> espía adj inv; < story> de espías, de espionaje
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spies, spying, spied intransitive verba) ( watch secretly) espiar*to spy ON somebody — espiar* a alguien
b) ( work as spy) espiar*to spy ON something/somebody — espiar* algo/a alguien
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vt descubrir*, ver*[spaɪ]to play `I spy' — (BrE) jugar* al veo-veo
1.N espía mf2.VT (=catch sight of) divisarI spy, with my little eye, something beginning with A — veo, veo una cosa que empieza con A
3.VI espiar, ser espíato spy on sb — espiar a algn, observar a algn clandestinamente
he spied for the USA — fue espía al servicio de los EE.UU.
4.CPDspy satellite N — satélite m espía
- spy out* * *[spaɪ]
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noun (pl spies) espía mf; (before n) <satellite, ship> espía adj inv; < story> de espías, de espionaje
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spies, spying, spied intransitive verba) ( watch secretly) espiar*to spy ON somebody — espiar* a alguien
b) ( work as spy) espiar*to spy ON something/somebody — espiar* algo/a alguien
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vt descubrir*, ver*to play `I spy' — (BrE) jugar* al veo-veo
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2 to stake out
1 (mark, enclose) cercar con estacas, marcar con estacas, delimitar con estacas2 familiar (watch secretly) vigilar secretamente, vigilar a escondidas -
3 spy on
(to watch (a person etc) secretly: The police had been spying on the gang for several months.)v.• acechar v.• amaitinar v.• atalayar v.• atisbar v.• avizorar v.• espiar v.• fisgar v.• fisgonear v.
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