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listen

/ˈlɪs.ən/

Translation

v [i]
escuchar
Listen to this song
Escucha esta canción
I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. Can you repeat that?
Perdona, no te estaba escuchando. ¿Podrías repetirlo?
constr. to listen to sth/sb Se usa para hacer referencia a la acción de escuchar prestando atención: Listen to the instructions - Escuchad las instrucciones. Comparar con to hear
hacer caso
I told you not to go there but you didn't listen to me
Te dije que no fueras pero no me hiciste caso
constr. to listen to sth/sb pron. La t no se pronuncia
to listen in to listen (out) for sth
(Definition of listen v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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