Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espío | |
| tú | espías | |
| él / ella / usted | espía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espían |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espié | |
| tú | espiaste | |
| él / ella / usted | espió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espiaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espiaba | |
| tú | espiabas | |
| él / ella / usted | espiaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espiaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espiaré | |
| tú | espiarás | |
| él / ella / usted | espiará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espiarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espiaría | |
| tú | espiarías | |
| él / ella / usted | espiaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espiarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | espíe | |
| tú | espíes | |
| él / ella / usted | espíe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | espiemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | espiéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | espíen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to spy, to spy on (act as a spy)
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations