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espía

spy

noun ehs-PEE-ah Rare
People & Society Military

Usage Note

Espía is a common-gender noun — el espía (male spy) and la espía (female spy) — the article alone marks the gender. It should not be confused with the verb espiar ('to spy on'), whose third-person singular present is also espía; context disambiguates.

Examples

"El espía robó documentos secretos."

Natural Translation

The spy stole secret documents.

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