Palabra Inglés del Día

listen

escuchar

Definiciones

inglés > español
listen
1. Escuchar.
inglés > inglés
listen
1. v. (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
Please listen carefully as I explain. I like to listen to music.
2. v. (intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
You should listen for the starting gun.
3. v. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK? Good children listen to their parents.
4. v. (transitive, archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
español > inglés
escuchar
1. v. to listen to, to hear out
¿Has escuchado su último disco? - Have you listened to her latest record?
2. v. to listen
Cállate y escucha. - Be quiet and listen.
3. v. (Latin America, informal) to hear
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.