oído
Spanish, noun/oˈido/
oído is spelled O-Í-D-O (4 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,709th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oído is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of oír. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentido mediante el cual percibimos el sonido”.
What does oído mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehearing
- 2
masculineinner ear; ear (used to refer to the ear as an internal organ, or its function of hearing)
verb
- 1
past participle of oír
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentido mediante el cual percibimos el sonido. 2. Órgano por el cual se percibe el sonido. 3. Capacidad de algunas personas para reconocer y repetir melodías.
verb: 1. Participio de oír.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oído
- oídos plural
- oída feminine
- oídas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oído?
- /oˈido/
- [oˈi.ð̞o]
- [oˈið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oído
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oído in Spanish?
oído appears 31 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).