oír

• ouir, ouguir, ouvir

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouir, from Latin audīre. Cognate with Portuguese ouvir.

• IPA^(key): [ɔˈiɾ]

oír (first-person singular present oio, first-person singular preterite oín, past participle oído)

1. to hear
2. to listen

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ouir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oír”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oír”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oír”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “oír”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• oir, oyr

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.

oír (Hebrew spelling אואיר)^[1]

1. (ambitransitive) to hear (detect noise with the ears)

   Synonyms: sentir, sintir

   Coordinate term: eskuchar

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], Nur Afakot, page 335:

     "Ima, no ay nada! En l'armada oímos kozas peores!"

     ‘Ima, that’s nothing! We heard worse in the army!’

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.

• IPA^(key): /oˈiɾ/ [oˈiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: o‧ír

oír (first-person singular present oigo, first-person singular preterite oí, past participle oído)

1. (intransitive) to hear

   ¡Oiga, por favor!

   Excuse me!

   (literally, “Hear, please!”)

2. (transitive) to hear (passively perceive a sound)

   Oí ruidos extraños viniendo desde detrás de la puerta y tuve miedo.

   I heard strange noises coming from behind the door and got scared.

3. (transitive) to listen to (actively pay attention to a sound or a person speaking)

   Synonym: escuchar

   Cada mañana oigo el canto de los pájaros.

   Every morning I listen to the singing of the birds.

4. (transitive) to heed; to listen to

See escuchar.

• “oír”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024