oír
- (intransitive) to hear
- (transitive) to hear (passively perceive a sound)
- (transitive) to listen to (actively pay attention to a sound or a person speaking)
- (transitive) to heed; to listen to
Frequency
Hyphenated as
o‧ír
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish oir, from Latin audīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”). Compare French ouïr, Italian udire, Portuguese ouvir, and Romanian auzi.
Related words
pay attention to
submit to
abrir los oídos
oir
enterarse de
hacerle caso a alguien
entender algo
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