escuchar

Perhaps taken, in this form, from Spanish escuchar.

• IPA^(key): /eskuˈt͡ʃaɾ/, [es.kuˈt͡ɕaɾ]

escuchar (first-person singular indicative present escucho, past participle escucháu)

1. to listen

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /eskuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [es.kuˈt͡ʃaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cu‧char

escuchar (first-person singular present escucho, first-person singular preterite escuché, past participle escuchado)

1. (transitive) to listen to, to hear out

   ¿Has escuchado su último disco?

   Have you listened to her latest record?

2. (intransitive) to listen

   Synonym: oír

   Cállate y escucha.

   Be quiet and listen.

3. (Latin America, informal) to hear

   Synonym: oír

   Claudia trabajaba en su oficina cuando escuchó el staccato de chasquidos secos: pá-pá-pá. ― Claudia was working in her office when she heard the staccato of dry clicks: bang-bang-bang.

• “escuchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28