snoop

fisgonear, husmear

Buscar a escondidas información sobre la vida privada o las pertenencias de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To secretly look for information about someone's private life or belongings.

• Stop snooping in my room.
• She snooped through his phone while he slept.
• Were you snooping on your neighbours again?

Cómo se usa: snoop on someone (My neighbour keeps snooping on us.); snoop through something (He snooped through her private letters.)

Sinónimos: pry, spy, nose around

Expresiones frecuentes: snoop around, snoop on someone, snoop through something

moverse furtivamente

Moverse o actuar con disimulo para que nadie lo note.

En inglés sencillo: To move or behave in a sneaky way so that nobody notices you.

• He snooped past the guards unseen.
• They snooped around in the dark to avoid being noticed.
• She snooped through the corridor, keeping close to the shadows.

Sinónimos: sneak, skulk

Expresiones frecuentes: snoop around, snoop past someone

fisgón, entrometido

Persona que intenta averiguar a escondidas cosas sobre la vida privada o las pertenencias de otros.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who secretly tries to find out about other people's private lives or belongings.

• Our neighbour is a snoop.
• Don't let that snoop near your private papers.
• The office snoops soon discovered who was leaving.

Sinónimos: busybody, prying person

Expresiones frecuentes: a nosy snoop, a little snoop, an office snoop

fisgoneo, curioseo

Una ocasión en que se mira a escondidas un lugar o se examinan las cosas privadas de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: An occasion when you secretly look around or examine someone's private things.

• I had a quick snoop around.
• A snoop through his drawers revealed the missing keys.
• She went for a snoop while everyone was outside.

Sinónimos: look around, nose around

Expresiones frecuentes: have a snoop, a quick snoop, a snoop around

detective privado

Persona contratada para investigar discretamente a otras personas o ciertos hechos.

En inglés sencillo: A person paid to secretly investigate people or events.

• She hired a snoop.
• The snoop followed her husband for three days.
• Two private snoops gathered evidence for the client.

Sinónimos: private detective, private investigator

Expresiones frecuentes: hire a snoop, a private snoop, a professional snoop