I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your talk.
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Eavesdrop
//ˈivzˌdɹɑp//
Synonyms for "eavesdrop" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
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Related words (16)
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9 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 38 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- ականջ դնել verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- ականջ կախել verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- թաքուն լսել verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Bulgarian
2 entries- капчук noun (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house)
- подслу́швам verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Chichewa
1 entries- ba mawu verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 偷聽 /偷听 verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 偷聽 /偷听 verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- 竊聽 /窃听 verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- 聽牆根 /听墙根 verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Czech
2 entries- odposlechnout verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- odposlouchávat verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Danish
3 entries- aflytte verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- lytte verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- smuglytte verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Dutch
2 entries- afluisteren verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- luistervinken verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Esperanto
1 entries- subaŭskulti verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Finnish
2 entries- räystäänalunen noun (space around a house on which such water drips)
- salakuunnella verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
French
4 entries- chéneau noun (space around a house on which such water drips)
- écouter discrètement verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- écouter secrètement verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- être aux écoutes verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
German
4 entries- Traufe noun (space around a house on which such water drips)
- Trauflinie noun (space around a house on which such water drips)
- lauschen noun (concealed aperture through which an occupant can surreptitiously listen to people)
- abhören verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Greek
1 entries- κρυφακούω verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Hebrew
1 entries- צוֹתֵת verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Hindi
1 entries- अनकना verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Hungarian
3 entries- hallgatózik verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- kihallgat verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- lehallgat verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Irish
1 entries- cúléist verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Italian
4 entries- sgocciolatoio noun (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house)
- sgocciolatoio noun (space around a house on which such water drips)
- sgocciolio noun (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house)
- origliare verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Japanese
1 entries- 立ち聞きする verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Khmer
1 entries- លួចស្ដាប់ verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Korean
1 entries- 엿듣다 verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Macedonian
2 entries- прислушкува verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- прислушува verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Manx
2 entries- cooyl-eaisht verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- eaisht gyn yss verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Māori
1 entries- whakarongo kōrero verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Norwegian
3 entries- overhøre verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- tjuvlytte verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- tyvlytte verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Persian
3 entries- استراق سمع کردن verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- شنود verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- فالگوش ایستادن verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Polish
2 entries- podsłuchać verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- podsłuchiwać verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Portuguese
1 entries- ouvir/escutar escondido verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Romanian
1 entries- trage cu urechea verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Russian
2 entries- подслу́шать verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- подслу́шивать verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dèan farchluais verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prisluškivati verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Slovak
2 entries- načúvať verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- odpočúvať verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Spanish
4 entries- escuchar cautelosamente verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- escuchar disimuladamente verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- escuchar escondidamente verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- escuchar furtivamente verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Swedish
1 entries- tjuvlyssna verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Thai
1 entries- ดักฟัง verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Turkish
2 entries- kulak kabartmak verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- kulak misafiri olmak (overhear) verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nghe lén verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
- nghe trộm verb (to hear a conversation one is not intended to hear)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you.
Source: tatoeba (325437)
I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation.
Source: tatoeba (997906)
A bug on the Macintosh version of the Flash software allows malicious websites to covertly eavesdrop on visitors using their webcam and microphone.
Source: tatoeba (1190932)
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