overhear

Significado (Inglés)

To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

Conceptos

oír por casualidad

entender

oír

estar a la escucha

oír sin querer

Sinónimos

eavesdrop

catch

tap

monitor

listen

wiretap

snoop

take in

bug

🐛

play the eavesdropper

hear

intercept

listen in

smell

👃

happened to hear that

happen to hear

attend

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English overheren, from Old English oferhīeran (“to overhear, hear, disobey, disregard, neglect”), equivalent to over- + hear. Cognate with Dutch overhoren (“to hear, hear about”), German überhören (“to not hear, ignore”), Danish overhøre (“to overhear”), Icelandic yfirheyra (“to hear”), Gothic *𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*ufarhausjan, “to disregard, disobey”) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ufarhauseins)).