Listen

//ˈlɪs.ən//

Synonyms for "listen" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

Verb(4 words)

heed attend eavesdrop hear hearken obey agree

Strong matches (17)

attend to auscultate await be all ears bend an ear bug cock the ears examine by ear give attention give audience to give ear give ear to hark

Verb(4 words)

be all ears behear earball give ear

Related words (27)

Verb(8 words)

hark harken hear lend an ear list listen close pay attention take heed

hear out hearken to intercept lend an ear listen at listen in listen to mind nb observe pay attention to sit in on speak straitened circumstances talk tap wiretap

Intj(1 words)

look

Noun(1 words)

play

How these synonyms differ

attend to - 'Attend to' implies focused, careful listening, giving someone your full concentration, often in a professional or caring context.
eavesdrop - 'Eavesdrop' is listening that's secret and uninvited, you're hearing a conversation you were not meant to be part of.
hear - 'Hear' is passive and involuntary, sound reaches your ears whether you choose it or not. Listening requires attention and intent.
heed - 'Heed' means listening and then acting on what you heard, it adds compliance or respect to the act of listening.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

11 entries

center centre comprehend concentrate focus hear obey pay attention perceive pore rivet

More specific

1 entries

auscultate

Antonyms

10 entries

become become deaf deaf disobey hear ignore speak speaking talk talking

Synonyms

9 entries

agree attend await eavesdrop hear hearken heed obey observe

Related terms

5 entries

hear list listful obey sound

coordinate

2 entries

speak talk

derived

28 entries

do a listen have a listen listen after listen in listen out listen to you listen up listen with half an ear listenability listenable listener listenership listening listening post listening station mislisten

Showing 16 of 28 words.

distinct from

4 entries

deaf speak talk talking

entails

1 entries

hear

etymologically related_to

1 entries

loud

has first_subevent

8 entries

focus open to person talking pay attention quiet shut up stop making noise stop talking wake up

has last_subevent

10 entries

analyse answer relax reply respond respond to what have heard stop listening talk tell funny stories understand

has prerequisite

27 entries

able to hear allow attention on hearing close eyes close mouth concentrate find to which to listen get attention hear carefully hear sound marry female not speak not talk not talk so much yourself pay attention pay attention to person speaking put ear to ground

Showing 16 of 27 words.

has subevent

12 entries

concentrate on sounds hear hear things ignore distractions learn pay attention quiet shut mouth shut up stop speaking stop talking you'll learn

manner of

2 entries

concentrate perceive

motivated by_goal

15 entries

communication important could learn new discern source of sound hear hear what saying hear what's being said learn like what hear might learn obey judge there to hear there's to hear u want to listned understand what being said were interested

related to

106 entries

accept act act of action action hear active active hearing actively actively hear activity advice agree and another as hear assent

Showing 16 of 106 words.

similar

2 entries

speak talk

Translations

531 translations across 181 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

hoor verb (to hear (something))
luister verb (to pay attention to a sound)
luister verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
luister verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Albanian

4 entries

dëgjoj verb (to pay attention to a sound)
dëgjoj verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
dëgjoj verb (to hear (something))
marvesh verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Amharic

1 entries

ማዳመጥ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

εἰσακούω verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ἀκούω verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ἀκούω verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ἀκούω verb (to hear (something))

Arabic

4 entries

أَصْغَى verb (to pay attention to a sound)
أَطَاعَ verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
أَنْصَتَ verb (to pay attention to a sound)
أَنْصَتَ verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Aragonese

1 entries

ascuitar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Armenian

4 entries

ականջ դնել verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
ենթարկվել verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
լսել verb (to pay attention to a sound)
լսել verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Aromanian

1 entries

ascultu verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Assamese

1 entries

শুনা verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Asturian

3 entries

escuchar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escuchar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
escuchar verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

dinləmək verb (to pay attention to a sound)
qulaq asmaq verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Bangi

1 entries

yoka verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Bashkir

2 entries

тыңдау verb (to pay attention to a sound)
тыңлау verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Basque

4 entries

aditu verb (to pay attention to a sound)
aditu verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
aditu verb (to hear (something))
entzun verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Belarusian

2 entries

паслу́хаць verb (to pay attention to a sound)
слу́хаць verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Bengali

1 entries

শোনা verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Bikol Central

2 entries

dengogen verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
himati verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Breton

1 entries

selaou verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вслу́швам се verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
ослу́швам се verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
отстъ́пвам verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
слу́шам verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Burmese

1 entries

နားထောင် verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries

ascurtai verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ascurtai verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Catalan

3 entries

escoltar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escoltar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
escoltar verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Cebuano

4 entries

dungog (pagdungog) verb (to pay attention to a sound)
mamati (pagpamati) verb (to pay attention to a sound)
paminaw (pagpaminaw) verb (to pay attention to a sound)
patalinghugi verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

گوێ دان verb (to pay attention to a sound)
گوێ دان verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
گوێ لێبون verb (to hear (something))
گوێ گرتن verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏛᏓᏍᏗᎭ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Chickasaw

3 entries

haklo verb (to pay attention to a sound)
haklo verb (to hear (something))
ihaklo verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Chinese

2 entries

тин verb (to pay attention to a sound)
聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)
聽 /听 verb (to hear (something))

Church Slavic

1 entries

слоушати verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Chuvash

1 entries

итле verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Cimbrian

1 entries

lusan verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Czech

4 entries

naslouchat verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
poslechnout verb (to pay attention to a sound)
poslouchat verb (to pay attention to a sound)
poslouchat verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Danish

4 entries

høre efter verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
høre efter verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
lytte verb (to pay attention to a sound)
lytte verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Dutch

4 entries

gehoorzamen verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
horen verb (to hear (something))
luisteren verb (to pay attention to a sound)
luisteren verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Egyptian

1 entries

s-D:sDm-m verb (to hear (something))

Esperanto

2 entries

aŭskulti verb (to pay attention to a sound)
aŭskulti verb (to hear (something))

Estonian

4 entries

kuulama verb (to pay attention to a sound)
kuulama verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
kuulama verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
kuulatama verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Evenki

2 entries

до̄лды̄мӣ verb (to pay attention to a sound)
до̄лды̄н verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Faroese

4 entries

hoyra verb (to hear (something))
lurta verb (to pay attention to a sound)
lurta verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
lurta eftir verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Finnish

4 entries

kuulla verb (to hear (something))
kuunnella verb (to pay attention to a sound)
kuunnella verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
kuunnella verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries

acutar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

French

4 entries

guetter verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
tendre l'oreille verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
écouter verb (to pay attention to a sound)
écouter verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Friulian

1 entries

scoltâ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Galician

4 entries

atender verb (to pay attention to a sound)
atender verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
escoitar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escoitar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Gallurese

2 entries

iscultà verb (to pay attention to a sound)
iscultà verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Georgian

4 entries

გაგონება verb (to pay attention to a sound)
მოსმენა verb (to pay attention to a sound)
მოსმენა verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
სმენა verb (to pay attention to a sound)

German

4 entries

hören verb (to pay attention to a sound)
hören verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
hören verb (to hear (something))
lauschen verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Greek

3 entries

ακούω verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ακούω verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ακούω verb (to hear (something))

Hadza

1 entries

exekeke verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

koute verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Hawaiian

3 entries

hoʻolohe verb (to pay attention to a sound)
lohe verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
lohe verb (to hear (something))

Hebrew

4 entries

הִקְשִׁיב verb (to pay attention to a sound)
הֶאֱזִין verb (to pay attention to a sound)
האזין verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
הקשיב verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Hiligaynon

4 entries

pamati verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
pamati verb (to hear (something))
pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) verb (to pay attention to a sound)
pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Hindi

4 entries

कान लगाना verb (to hear (something))
सुनना verb (to pay attention to a sound)
सुनना verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
सुनना verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Hungarian

4 entries

figyel verb (to pay attention to a sound)
hallgat verb (to pay attention to a sound)
hallgat verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
hallgat verb (to hear (something))

Ibanag

1 entries

maginna verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Icelandic

4 entries

heyra verb (to hear (something))
hlusta verb (to hear (something))
hlusta (eftir) verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
hlusta (á) verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ido

1 entries

askoltar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ilocano

3 entries

agdengngeg verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
denggen verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
dumngeg verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Indonesian

2 entries

dengarkan verb (to pay attention to a sound)
mendengarkan verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Interlingua

1 entries

ascoltar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

اِسْتِماع کَرْدَن verb (to pay attention to a sound)
نِیوشیدَن verb (to pay attention to a sound)
گوش دادَن verb (to pay attention to a sound)
گوش کَرْدَن verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Irish

2 entries

éist verb (to pay attention to a sound)
éist verb (to hear (something))

Istriot

1 entries

scoltà verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Italian

4 entries

ascoltare verb (to pay attention to a sound)
dar retta verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
dare ascolto verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
sentire verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Ivatan

1 entries

adngeyen verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Japanese

4 entries

聞く verb (to pay attention to a sound)
聞く verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
聞く verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
聞く verb (to hear (something))

Jin Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries

obi verb (to pay attention to a sound)
obi verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
obi verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
obi verb (to hear (something))

Kabyle

4 entries

ssefled verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ssefled verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
ssefled verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ssefled verb (to hear (something))

Kannada

1 entries

ಆಲಿಸು verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Kapampangan

1 entries

makiramdam verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Kashmiri

1 entries

بوزُن verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Kashubian

1 entries

czëc verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Kazakh

2 entries

есту verb (to pay attention to a sound)
тыңдау verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

ā-āng verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Khmer

4 entries

ស្ដាប់ verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ស្ដាប់ verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ស្ដាប់ឮ verb (to hear (something))
ឮ verb (to hear (something))

Kongo

1 entries

kuwa verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Korean

4 entries

듣다 verb (to pay attention to a sound)
듣다 verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
듣다 verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
들리다 verb (to hear (something))

Kyrgyz

3 entries

тыңдоо verb (to pay attention to a sound)
тыңшоо verb (to pay attention to a sound)
угуу verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ladin

1 entries

scuter verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Lao

1 entries

ຟັງ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Latgalian

4 entries

dzierdēt verb (to hear (something))
klauseit verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
klauseitīs verb (to pay attention to a sound)
klauseitīs verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Latin

4 entries

audio verb (to hear (something))
audiō verb (to pay attention to a sound)
audiō verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ausculto verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Latvian

4 entries

dzirdēt verb (to hear (something))
klausīt verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
klausīties verb (to pay attention to a sound)
klausīties verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Limburgish

4 entries

heure verb (to hear (something))
huuere verb (to hear (something))
loestere verb (to hear (something))
loestere (nao) verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Lingala

1 entries

yoka verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Lithuanian

4 entries

girdėti verb (to hear (something))
klausyti verb (to pay attention to a sound)
klausyti verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
klausyti verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Livonian

1 entries

kūldõ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Lombard

1 entries

ascoltà verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

słuchaś verb (to pay attention to a sound)
słuchaś verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
słuchaś verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Lutuv

1 entries

naathlie verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Macedonian

1 entries

слуша verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Maguindanao

1 entries

pakinig verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Malay

4 entries

dengar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
dengar verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
dengar verb (to hear (something))
pasang telinga verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Malayalam

1 entries

കേൾക്കുക verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Maltese

1 entries

issamma verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Maranao

2 entries

makineg verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
pimakinog verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Marathi

4 entries

ऐकणे verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ऐकणे verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
ऐकणे verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ऐकणे verb (to hear (something))

Middle English

1 entries

listnen verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Mongolian

2 entries

сонсох verb (to pay attention to a sound)
чагнах verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Māori

3 entries

whakaoko verb (to pay attention to a sound)
whakarongo verb (to pay attention to a sound)
whakataringa verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Nahuatl

1 entries

caqui verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Nanai

1 entries

до̄лди verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Neapolitan

4 entries

ntennere verb (to pay attention to a sound)
rà n’arecchia a verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
sentì verb (to pay attention to a sound)
sentì verb (to hear (something))

Norman

2 entries

êcouter verb (to pay attention to a sound)
êcouter verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

guh dan verb (to pay attention to a sound)
guh dan verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
guh dan verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
guh lê bûn verb (to hear (something))

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

聽聆 /听聆 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

taahe verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

høre verb (to hear (something))
lystre verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
lytte verb (to pay attention to a sound)
lytte verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

høyra verb (to hear (something))

Occitan

3 entries

escotar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escotar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
escotar verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Odia

1 entries

ଶୁଣିବା verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ojibwe

4 entries

babaamendam verb (to pay attention to a sound)
babaamitam verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
bizindaw verb (to hear (something))
nandotan verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

слꙋшати verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Old English

4 entries

hlosnian verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
hlystan verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ġehīeran verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ġehīeran verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Old French

2 entries

escouter verb (to pay attention to a sound)
esculter verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Oroqen

1 entries

dɔ꞉ldi verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دیكلهمك verb (to pay attention to a sound)
دیكلهمك verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Pangasinan

2 entries

odengel verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
pakanggel verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

слухац verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Papiamentu

1 entries

skucha verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Pashto

4 entries

اورول verb (to hear (something))
غوږ نيول verb (to pay attention to a sound)
غوږ نيول verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
غوږ نيول verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

hariche verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Persian

2 entries

شُنیدَن verb (to hear (something))
شِنیدَن verb (to hear (something))

Phuthi

1 entries

mamela verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Polish

4 entries

nasłuchiwać verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
słuchać verb (to pay attention to a sound)
słuchać verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
słuchać verb (to hear (something))

Portuguese

4 entries

escutar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escutar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
escutar verb (to hear (something))
ouvir verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Quechua

1 entries

uyariy verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Romanian

4 entries

asculta verb (to pay attention to a sound)
asculta verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
asculta verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
asculta verb (to hear (something))

Romansch

4 entries

audi verb (to pay attention to a sound)
tadlar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
tadler verb (to pay attention to a sound)
tarlar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Russian

4 entries

послу́шать verb (to pay attention to a sound)
слу́шать verb (to pay attention to a sound)
слу́шать verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
слу́шать verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Sanskrit

1 entries

शृणोति verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Sardinian

4 entries

aiscultare verb (to pay attention to a sound)
aiscurtare verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ascultare verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ascurtare verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Sassarese

2 entries

iscultà verb (to pay attention to a sound)
iscultà verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cluinn verb (to hear (something))
èisd verb (to pay attention to a sound)
èisd verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
èist verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pòslušati verb (to pay attention to a sound)
pòslušati verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
pòslušati verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
slȕšati verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Sicilian

1 entries

ascutari verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Sinhalese

2 entries

අහනවා verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Slovak

4 entries

načúvať verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
poslúchať verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
poslúchnuť verb (to pay attention to a sound)
počuť verb (to hear (something))

Slovene

4 entries

poslušati verb (to pay attention to a sound)
poslušati verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
slišati verb (to hear (something))
ubogati verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Sotho

4 entries

mamela verb (to pay attention to a sound)
mamela verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
mamela verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
utlwa verb (to hear (something))

Spanish

4 entries

atenerse verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
escuchar verb (to pay attention to a sound)
escuchar verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
escuchar verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Swahili

4 entries

kusikiliza verb (to pay attention to a sound)
kusikiza verb (to pay attention to a sound)
sikiza verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
sikiza verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Swedish

4 entries

lyda verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
lyssna verb (to pay attention to a sound)
lyssna verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
lyssna verb (to hear (something))

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠢꠥꠘꠣ verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Tagalog

4 entries

dinig (dinggin) verb (to pay attention to a sound)
dinig (dinggin) verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
dinig (dinggin) verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
dinig (dinggin) verb (to hear (something))

Tajik

3 entries

гӯш додан verb (to pay attention to a sound)
гӯш кардан verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ниюшидан verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Tamil

4 entries

கேள் verb (to pay attention to a sound)
கேள் verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
கேள் verb (to hear (something))
மெதுவா கேள் verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Tatar

1 entries

тыңларга verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Tausug

1 entries

dumongog verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Telugu

4 entries

ఆలకించు verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ఆలకించు verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
విను verb (to hear (something))
వినుట verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Thai

4 entries

ฟัง verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ฟัง verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
ฟัง verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
ยิน verb (to hear (something))

Tibetan

2 entries

གསོན་པ verb (to pay attention to a sound)
ཉན verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)

Tocharian B

1 entries

klyaus verb (to hear (something))

Tok Pisin

2 entries

harim verb (to pay attention to a sound)
harim verb (to hear (something))

Tongan

3 entries

fanongo verb (to pay attention to a sound)
fanongo verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
fanongo verb (to hear (something))

Turkish

4 entries

dinlemek verb (to pay attention to a sound)
dinlemek verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
dinlemek verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
duymak verb (to hear (something))

Turkmen

1 entries

diňlemek verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎌𐎎𐎓 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Ukrainian

4 entries

послу́хати verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
послу́хатися verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
слу́хати verb (to pay attention to a sound)
слу́хати verb (to expect or wait for a sound)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

słušeć verb (to pay attention to a sound)
роsłuсhаć verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Urdu

4 entries

سُنْنا verb (to pay attention to a sound)
سُنْنا verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
سُنْنا verb (to accept advice or obey instruction)
سُنْنا verb (to hear (something))

Uzbek

2 entries

eshitmoq verb (to pay attention to a sound)
tinglamoq verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Venetan

1 entries

scoltar verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chờ verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
chờ đợi verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
lắng nghe verb (to pay attention to a sound)
nghe verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Welsh

1 entries

gwrando verb (to pay attention to a sound)

West-Frisian

1 entries

harkje verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Xhosa

1 entries

mamela verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

聽 /听 verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Yiddish

3 entries

הערן verb (to pay attention to a sound)
הערן verb (to expect or wait for a sound)
צוהערן verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Zhuang

2 entries

dingh verb (to pay attention to a sound)
nyi verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Zulu

1 entries

lalela verb (to pay attention to a sound)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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If you don't listen to us, we will have to resort to coercion.

Source: tatoeba (1929)

Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.

Source: tatoeba (2386)

My hobby is to listen to music.

Source: tatoeba (6011)

Will you listen to me for a few minutes?

Source: tatoeba (6088)

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