ouvir
Portuguese, verb/o(w)ˈvi(ʁ)/
ouvir is spelled O-U-V-I-R (5 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouvir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perceber sons”.
What does ouvir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hear (to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
- 2
to pay attention to
- 3
to take into account, take into consideration
- 4
to have the sense of hearing
- 5
colloquialto be reprimanded, be embarrassed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perceber sons 2. obedecer; acatar 3. tomar conhecimento 4. prestar atenção
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ouvir
- ouço first-person present singular
- oiço first-person present singular
- ouvi first-person preterite singular
- ouvido participle past
- ouvires infinitive second-person singular
- ouvirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ouvirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ouvirem infinitive plural third-person
- ouvindo gerund
- ouvidos masculine participle past
- ouvida feminine participle past
- ouvidas feminine participle past
- ouves indicative present second-person
- ouve indicative present singular
- ouvimos first-person indicative plural
- ouvis indicative plural present
- ouvem indicative plural present
- ouvia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouvir?
- Brazil /o(w)ˈvi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o(ʊ̯)ˈvi(h)]
- /o(w)ˈvi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouvir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouvir in Portuguese?
ouvir appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).