oír

• ouir, ouguir, ouvir

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouir, from Latin audīre, present active infinitive of audiō. 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

• “ouir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “oír” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “oír” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “oír” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

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

• “oír”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014