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oyente

Spanish, noun/oˈʝente/

oyente is spelled O-Y-E-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,044th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oyente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “listener” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que puede oír, que no tiene mermadas sus facultades auditivas. En particular, quien oye alguna…”.

What does oyente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinehearing

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinelistener

    Así que ahora tenemos tiempo para algunas preguntas de nuestros oyentes.

  2. 2

    femininemasculinehearer, hearing person

  3. 3

    femininemasculineauditor, unregistered student, student who sits in lectures despite not being an official student

    No se espera que el oyente envíe tareas y tome exámenes.

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Persona que puede oír, que no tiene mermadas sus facultades auditivas. En particular, quien oye alguna conferencia o emisión radiofónica. 2. Persona que asiste a una clase a la que no está matriculado.

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 oyente

  • oyentes feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce oyente?

  • /oˈʝente/
  • [oˈʝẽn̪.t̪e]
  • [oˈʝẽn̪t̪e]

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

English words that translate to oyente

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

How common is oyente in Spanish?

oyente appears 1.8 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).

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