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escuchar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  • heed verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  • list noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.
  • listen verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.

Senses

escuchar is used for these senses in English:

  • hear (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
  • heed (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • listen (intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.
  • listen (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
  • pay attention (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

hear — full definition

  1. verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  2. verb To receive news or information about something.
  3. verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.

heed — full definition

  1. verb To pay close attention to advice or a warning and take it seriously.
  2. noun Careful attention paid to something.

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