oír
hear.
When the correctly scanned number appears on the screen, the keyboard clicks so that the user can both see the number on the screen and hear that is has been read correctly.
algo muy agradable de oír [Generalmente usado en la expresión "It sounds like music to + Posesivo + ears" (ser algo muy agradable de oír)]
music to + Posesivo + ears
The article 'Music to our ears?' compares the book and music trades suggesting that music retailing can offer many useful similarities and pointers.
al oír
at the sound of
Jeanne Leforte's neck was elongated at the sound of the words 'statistical methods'.
de modo que + poder + oír
within earshot of
The only stipulation was that they stayed within earshot of their mother's whistle.
hacerse oír
make + Reflexivo + heard
make + Posesivo + voice heard
By shouting they may make themselves heard, but they also coarsen the quality of the sounds they produce, limiting the range and vocal color = Si gritan pueden hacerse oír, pero también embastecen la calidad de los sonidos que producen, limitando los rasgos de la voz y los tonos vocales.
In the USA and Canada women in librarianship have organised themselves and made their voices heard.
lo suficientemente cerca como para oír
within earshot of
The only stipulation was that they stayed within earshot of their mother's whistle.
lo suficientemente lejos como para no poder oír
out of earshot
As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.
¡Oiga!
Hey!
'Hey, I'm tired of this soapbox! how's your hamburger?' - 'Pretty good, although I tend to like mine rarer'.
oír de la boca de
hear + from the lips of
And then the young librarian, as in a dream, heard from the lips of her supervisor the words, 'Jeanne, please let bygones be bygones and put this year's evaluation behind you. I'll try to make it up to you next year'.
oír el vuelo de una mosca
hear a pin drop
The acoustics were so clear we could actually hear a pin drop.
oír mal [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio misheard]
mishearing
mishear
Libraries are not the silent sepulchral halls of popular myth, but busy and often noisy workplaces, and mishearing is not uncommon.
If the reading-boy misread the copy, or if the corrector misheard or misunderstood the reading-boy, a wrong word might be entered on the proof as a correction whether or not the compositor had got it right in the first place.
oír por casualidad [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio overheard]
overhear
As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
oír por segundas personas
hear + second-hand
I'm only reporting to you what I've heard second-hand.
oírse disparos
shots + ring out
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
oír una mosca
hear a pin drop
The acoustics were so clear we could actually hear a pin drop.
¡Oye!
Hey!
'Hey, I'm tired of this soapbox! how's your hamburger?' - 'Pretty good, although I tend to like mine rarer'.
Oye, tío,
Look, pal, ...
He then said: 'Look, pal, your budget will probably be one of the first to be cut in these budget-slashing times'.
ser agradable de oír
be good to hear
It's good to hear their attitudes and opinions and the kind of positive feedback they give.
ser como quien oye llover
be like water off a duck's back
go in + one ear and out the other
You may threaten your children, tell them they'll be grounded for life (or worse), and it's all like water off a duck's back.
I've even had friends and relatives talk with her and give her advice but it all goes in one ear and out the other.
sin apenas ser oído
as quiet as a mouse
Quiet as a mouse, she had crept in to see what they were doing.
