ouvido
Meaning
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- (masculine) hearing
- (masculine) ear, especially the inner part of the ear
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ou‧vi‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/o(w)ˈvi.du/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouvydo (displacing collateral form oydo), from earlier *ouido, from Latin audītus.
New
ouvir
- (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
- (figuratively,transitive) to pay attention to
- (figuratively,transitive) to take into account, take into consideration
- (intransitive) to have the sense of hearing
- (colloquial,figuratively,intransitive) to be reprimanded, be embarrassed
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