hear
heard, heard UK: /hɪər/ US: /hɪr/Translation
v [t, i]
→ to hear from sb→ to hear of sth/sbVéase tb: to hear sth {on/through} the grapevine›
⇨ oír
I can't hear you No te oigo
■ Se usa para hacer referencia a la capacidad de percibir o de captar las palabras que alguien dice, pero no influye necesariamente la necesidad de poner atención. Comparar con to listen› (en derecho)
⇨ ver [un caso]
›Let's hear it for our next guest
Demos un aplauso a nuestra siguiente invitada
to hear about sth/sb
⇨ enterarse de
Have you heard about what happened? ¿Te has enterado de lo ocurrido?
{will/would} not hear of sth
⇨ no permitir algo
He wanted to pay for the coffee but I wouldn't hear of it Quería pagar el café pero no se lo permití
(Definition of hear v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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