ouvir.
to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
Meaning & usage
to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
to pay attention to
to take into account, take into consideration
to have the sense of hearing
to be reprimanded, be embarrassed
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouvyr, oyr, from earlier ouir, from Latin audīre, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”). Cognate with Galician ouvir, Spanish oír, Catalan oir, Occitan ausir, French ouïr, Italian udire and Romanian auzi.
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