ojear
Spanish, verb/oxeˈaɾ/
ojear is spelled O-J-E-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ojear is a Spanish verb meaning “to glance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dirigir los ojos y mirar con atención a determinada parte”.
What does ojear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glance
- 2
to ogle
- 3
to put the evil eye (on somebody), to curse by looking with malicious intent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dirigir los ojos y mirar con atención a determinada parte. 2. Hacer mal de ojo.
verb: 1. Espantar con voces la caza para que se levante o vaya al sitio donde se le ha de disparar o capturar. 2. Por analogía, espantar y ahuyentar de cualquier forma alguna cosa.
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 ojear
- ojeo first-person present singular
- ojeé first-person preterite singular
- ojeado participle past
- ojeando gerund
- ojeada feminine participle past
- ojeados masculine participle past
- ojeadas feminine participle past
- ojeas indicative informal present
- ojeás indicative informal present
- ojea indicative present singular
- ojeamos first-person indicative plural
- ojeáis indicative plural present
- ojean indicative plural present
- ojeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ojeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ojeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ojeabais imperfect indicative plural
- ojeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ojear?
- /oxeˈaɾ/
- [o.xeˈaɾ]
- [oxeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ojear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ojear in Spanish?
ojear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).