ouvido

Meaning

ouvir

  1. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to pay attention to
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to take into account, take into consideration
  4. (intransitive) to have the sense of hearing
  5. (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive) to be reprimanded, be embarrassed

Synonyms

membrana do tímpano

trompa de eustáquio

caixa do tímpano

percepção sonora

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/o(w)ˈvi.du/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouvydo (displacing collateral form oydo), from earlier *ouido, from Latin audītus.

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