oír
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (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
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish oir inherited from Latin audīre derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, *h₂ewis (clearly, manifestly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ewis
Gloss
clearly, manifestly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- audibilis Latin
- audientem Latin
- audiēns Latin
- audiō Latin
- audīre Latin
- audītor, auditor, audītōrem Latin
- riudire Italian
- traudire Italian
- udente Italian
- udire Italian
- uditore Italian
- ouïr French
- desoír Spanish, Castilian
- oidor Spanish, Castilian
- oíble Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ew-is-d- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewis Proto-Indo-European
- ouvidor Portuguese
- ouvir Portuguese
- oir Old French
- oir, oïr Old French
- oïr Old French
- oir Catalan, Valencian
- ouvir Galician
- auzi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ouyr Middle French
- ouir Old Portuguese
- ouvyr Old Portuguese
- oyr Old Portuguese
- *awizdjō Proto-Italic
- oyer Asturian
- uldî Friulian
- audir Old Occitan
- oir Old Spanish
- obi Kabuverdianu
- uví Kabuverdianu
- obi Guinea-Bissau Creole