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oxear

Spanish, verb/oɡseˈaɾ/

oxear is a Spanish verb meaning “to shoo away (domestic or wild birds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ahuyentar aves o insectos voladores”.

What does oxear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to shoo away (domestic or wild birds)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ahuyentar aves o insectos voladores.

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 oxear

  • oxeo first-person present singular
  • oxeé first-person preterite singular
  • oxeado participle past
  • oxeando gerund
  • oxeada feminine participle past
  • oxeados masculine participle past
  • oxeadas feminine participle past
  • oxeas indicative informal present
  • oxeás indicative informal present
  • oxea indicative present singular
  • oxeamos first-person indicative plural
  • oxeáis indicative plural present
  • oxean indicative plural present
  • oxeaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • oxeabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • oxeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • oxeabais imperfect indicative plural
  • oxeaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oxear?

  • /oɡseˈaɾ/
  • [oɣ̞.seˈaɾ]
  • /oʃeˈaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to oxear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.