espionar
Portuguese, verb/is.pi.oˈna(ʁ)/
espionar is spelled E-S-P-I-O-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espionar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to spy (to obtain information surreptitiously)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “investigar para obter informações confidenciais ou secretas de outra pessoa, organização ou país, sem o seu…”.
What does espionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spy (to obtain information surreptitiously)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. investigar para obter informações confidenciais ou secretas de outra pessoa, organização ou país, sem o seu conhecimento ou consentimento 2. espiar, observar secretamente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espionar
- espiono first-person present singular
- espionei first-person preterite singular
- espionado participle past
- espionares infinitive second-person singular
- espionarmos first-person infinitive plural
- espionardes infinitive plural second-person
- espionarem infinitive plural third-person
- espionando gerund
- espionados masculine participle past
- espionada feminine participle past
- espionadas feminine participle past
- espionas indicative present second-person
- espiona indicative present singular
- espionamos first-person indicative plural
- espionais indicative plural present
- espionam indicative plural present
- espionava first-person imperfect indicative
- espionavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espionar?
- Brazil /is.pi.oˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pi.oˈna(h)]
- Brazil /is.pjoˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espionar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espionar in Portuguese?
espionar appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).