oír

/oˈiɾ/, [oˈiɾ]

hear

Gerund: oyendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	oído	oída
Plural	oídos	oídas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	oigo	oía	oí	oiré	oiría
tú	oyes	oías	oíste	oirás	oirías
él/ella/Ud.	oye	oía	oyó	oirá	oiría
nosotros	oímos	oíamos	oímos	oiremos	oiríamos
vosotros	oís	oíais	oísteis	oiréis	oiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	oyen	oían	oyeron	oirán	oirían
vos	oís	oías	oíste	oirás	oirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	oiga	oyera	oyese	oyere
tú	oigas	oyeras	oyeses	oyeres
él/ella/Ud.	oiga	oyera	oyese	oyere
nosotros	oigamos	oyéramos	oyésemos	oyéremos
vosotros	oigáis	oyerais	oyeseis	oyereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	oigan	oyeran	oyesen	oyeren
vos	oigás	oyeras	oyeses	oyeres

Imperative

Examples

Tom no pudo evitar oír lo que Mary le dijo a John.

Tom couldn't help overhearing what Mary said to John.

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Estaba muy feliz de oír las noticias.

I was very glad to hear the news.

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Al oír el silbato, partieron a toda velocidad.

On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.

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Tú puedes oír el goteo del agua por la tubería.

You can hear the water dripping from the pipe.

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Tom quiere oír ambos lados de la historia.

Tom wants to hear both sides of the story.

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Me alegra oír que ganaron.

I'm glad to hear of your success.

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Y aquellos que fueron vistos bailando fueron considerados locos por aquellos que no podían oír la música.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

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Tom le dijo a María algo que no pude oír.

Tom said something to Mary that I couldn't hear.

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Tom trató de no oír a Mary y a John discutir su situación financiera.

Tom tried not to listen to Mary and John discussing their financial situation.

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Me alegro de oír que sabes cómo la llaman.

I am glad to hear that you know how she is called.

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