oír

Meaning

(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

hear

pay attention to

submit to

abrir los oídos

oir

enterarse de

hacerle caso a alguien

entender algo

entender

Frequency

Hyphenated as

o‧ír

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oˈiɾ/

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.