oír

article & verb transitive

1. To hear, to listen.

 

Has oído campanas y no sabes dónde -> you don’t really know what you’re talking about

 

2. To understand, to comprehend.

3. To attend the lectures on some science or art, in order to study it.

4. To go to mass (misa); to hear (consejo).

5. To hear, to heed, to answer (súplica).

6. (Jur.) To hear (causa).

 

Oír misa -> to attend at or hear mass

No haber oído la campana -> to be unobservant or ignorant of common things

¿Oyes? or ¿oye Vd. -> I say, do you hear

Oiga or oigan -> exclamation of surprise

Oye -> oye, hear

Oír -> ver, y callar, mind your own business

Oír hablar de -> to hear it said that

Le oí abrir la puerta -> I heard him open the door