espreitar

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Old Occitan espleitar (“to exploit”), or either from Latin spectāre (“to observe”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /espɾejˈtaɾ/

Verb

espreitar (first-person singular present espreito, first-person singular preterite espreitei, past participle espreitado)

  1. (transitive) to peek at, to peer, to skulk
  2. (intransitive) to lurk

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References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. plazo.
  2. ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. espreitar.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese espreitar, probably from Latin explicitāre, frequentative of explicāre.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɾɐj.ˈtaɾ/, /iʃ.pɾej.ˈtaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧prei‧tar

Verb

espreitar (first-person singular present indicative espreito, past participle espreitado)

  1. (transitive) to peek at; to peer (to observe while hidden)
  2. (intransitive) to lurk (to move about in hiding)
  3. (transitive) to analyse; to examine (to inspect carefully or critically)

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