escuchar
Asturian
editEtymology
editPerhaps taken, in this form, from Spanish escuchar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editescuchar (first-person singular indicative present escucho, past participle escucháu)
- to listen
Conjugation
editConjugation of escuchar
Further reading
edit- García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “escuchar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “escuchar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish escuchar, ascuchar, from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /eskuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [es.kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧cu‧char
Verb
editescuchar (first-person singular present escucho, first-person singular preterite escuché, past participle escuchado)
- (ambitransitive) to listen to, to hear out
- ¿Has escuchado su último disco? ― Have you listened to her latest album?
- Cállate y escucha. ― Be quiet and listen.
- to hear
- Synonym: oír
- Claudia trabajaba en su oficina cuando escuchó el staccato de chasquidos secos: pá-pá-pá.
- Claudia was working in her office when she heard the staccato of dry clicks: bang-bang-bang.
- ¿Puedes hablar más alto? No te escucho. ― Can you speak up? I can't hear you.
- (Latin America, reflexive) to sound
Usage notes
edit- In careful speech, the verbs escuchar and oír have distinct meanings, with the former generally meaning "to listen (to)" and the latter meaning "to hear". In casual Spanish, however, the two verbs are frequently used interchangeably with either meaning. This usage (especially common in Latin America, though sometimes also found in Spain) is considered valid by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) on the basis that it has been present since Middle Spanish so it cannot be proscribed.[1] Despite this, they recommend using these two words with their original meanings unless context already makes it clear what is meant.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of escuchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of escuchar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “escuchar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “escuchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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