Spy
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English
Noun
spy (spies)
- a person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organisations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage)
Translations
- Chinese: 間諜, 间谍
- Dutch: spion de
- Finnish: vakooja
- French: espion m
- German: Spion m
- Greek: κατάσκοπος m
- Italian: spia f
- Japanese: スパイ (supai)
- Korean: 간첩
- Portuguese: espião m
- Russian: агент (agent), шпион (shpion), шпионка f (shpionka)
- Spanish: espía m
Intransitive verb
to spy (spies, spied, spying)
- to act as a spy
- I'd been spying on them for a few days now, and had gathered all the information I needed.
Translations
- Chinese: 暗中偵察, 暗中侦察
- Dutch: spioneren
- Finnish: vakoilla
- French: remarquer
- German: ausspionieren
- Modern Greek: κατασκοπεύσει
- Italian: spiare
- Portuguese: espiar
- Russian: шпионить (shpionit')
- Spanish: espiar
Transitive verb
to spy (spies, spied, spying)
- to spot at a distance
- As he rounded the corner he spied the building in the distance.
Related terms
See also
- Wikipedia article on spies
Associations
Russian: spy не /ne/ засыпай /zasipay/ (do not sleep)
