spy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for spy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spy <pl spies> [Am spaɪ, Brit spʌɪ] N

spy

espía mf

spy attr plane/satellite/ship

espía adj inv

spy story

de espías

spy story

de espionaje

spy ring

red f de espionaje

II.spy <spies, spying, spied> [Am spaɪ, Brit spʌɪ] VB intr

1. spy (watch secretly):

spy

espiar

to spy on sb

espiar a alguien

he used to spy on them

solía espiarlos

2. spy (work as spy):

spy

espiar

he spied for both sides

espiaba para ambos bandos

to spy on sth/sb

espiar algo/a alguien

III.spy <spies, spying, spied> [Am spaɪ, Brit spʌɪ] VB trans

spy

descubrir

spy

ver

to play 'I spy' Brit

jugar al veo-veo

I spy with my little eye something beginning with 's' Brit

veo, veo una cosa que empieza con 's'

I spy [ˌaɪ ˈspaɪ] N U Brit

I spy

veo-veo m

spy out VB [Am spaɪ -, Brit spʌɪ -] (v + adv + o)

spy out activities

investigar

spy out person

espiar

spy-in-the-cab [ˌspʌɪɪnðəˈkab] N Brit inf

spy-in-the-cab → tachograph

See also tachograph

tachograph [Am ˈtækəˌɡræf, Brit ˈtakəɡrɑːf] N

tachograph

tacógrafo m

Translations for spy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

veo-veo

I-spy

jugar al veo-veo

to play I-spy

avión espía

spy plane

espía avión/satélite

spy attr

espía

spy

centro de espionaje

spy headquarters

satélite espía

spy satellite

spy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spy [spaɪ] N

spy

espía mf

II.spy [spaɪ] VB intr

spy

espiar

to spy on sb

espiar a alguien

III.spy [spaɪ] VB trans

spy

divisar

spy satellite N

spy satellite

satélite m espía

Translations for spy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

jugar al veo-veo

to play I-spy

avizorar

to spy on

espiar

to spy

espiar

to spy on

espía

spy

atisbar

to spy on

vichar

to spy on

acechar

to spy on

pastorear

to spy on

spy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to spy on sb

espiar a alguien

the spy escaped under cover of darkness

el espía se amparó en la oscuridad para escapar

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

One might also spy a heron, small lizard or wild goose here.

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They organize security patrols to guard against thieves and government spies.

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She is chasing a robotic bird she discovered spying on a hunting party of her tribe.

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As the compound is heavily secured, there must have been a spy who leaked information through the grille, but no suspects are found.

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Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women.

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It was also intended that the episode established that although spies plan heavily before operations, things can go wrong.

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He has been spying on the other teams since then.

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But when he returns he is taken for a spy.

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Everyone seems frightened to speak up on behalf of a convicted spy.

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He is an owner of the local caf, though his kitchen has many various types of gadgets which come useful during spy missions.

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