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From Old English hlysnan.
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to listen (third-person singular simple present listens, present participle listening, simple past and past participle listened)
- (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound, to note.
- Please listen carefully as I explain.
- I like to listen to music.
- (intransitive) To wait for a sound, such as a signal.
- You should listen for the starting gun.
- (intransitive) To accept or obey oral instruction.
- Good children listen to their parents.
- (transitive, archaic) To hear (something), to pay attention to something said.
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- (to pay attention): attend, give ear, hark, hear, heed, list, mind, note, pay attention
- (to wait for a sound): await, anticipate, expect, wait for
- (to accept oral instruction): mind, obey
- (to hear): hear, mind, heed
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to pay attention
- Afrikaans: luister af(af)
- Albanian: dëgjoj, ndëgjoj
- Amharic: ማዳመጥ (madamäṭ)
- Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akouō)
- Arabic: اصغى (’áʂğā), نصت (náʂata)
- Armenian: լսել hy(hy) (lsel)
- Bosnian: slušati bs(bs) (impf.), poslušati bs(bs) (pf.)
- Bulgarian: слушам (slúsham) (impf.), послушвам (poslúshvam) (impf.), послушам (poslúsham) (pf.)
- Catalan: escoltar ca(ca)
- Cebuano: dungog (pagdungog), pagpamati, paminaw (pagpaminaw)
- Chickasaw: haklo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: trad. 聽, simpl. 听 (tīng)
- Croatian: slušati hr(hr) (impf.), poslušati hr(hr) (pf.)
- Czech: poslouchat cs(cs)
- Danish: lytte da(da)
- Dutch: luisteren nl(nl) naar nl(nl)
- Egyptian Arabic: سمع (simi3)
- Esperanto: aŭskulti eo(eo)
- Estonian: kuulama, tähele panema
- Faroese: lurta fo(fo)
- Finnish: kuunnella fi(fi)
- French: écouter fr(fr)
- Galician: atender gl(gl), escoitar gl(gl) , oír gl(gl)
- German: hören de(de), zuhören de(de)
- Greek: ακούω el(el) (akoúo)
- Hawaiian: lohe
- Hebrew: הקשיב (he) (hikshív), האזין (he) (he'ezín)
- Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
- Hindi: सुनना (sunnā)
- Hungarian: hallgat hu(hu), figyel hu(hu)
- Icelandic: hlusta (á)
- Indonesian: dengar id(id), mendengar id(id)
- Interlingua: ascoltar ia(ia)
- Irish: éist ga(ga)
- Italian: ascoltare it(it)
- Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (sdəp)
- Korean: 듣다 (deutta)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ دان ku(ku) (gwê dan)
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to wait for a sound
- Afrikaans: luister af(af)
- Albanian: dëgjo, prit
- Arabic: نصت (náʂata)
- Armenian: ականջ դնել hy(hy) (akanǰ dnel)
- Bikol: dengogen
- Bosnian: slušati bs(bs) (impf.), poslušati bs(bs) (pf.)
- Bulgarian: ослушвам се (oslúshvam se) (impf.), ослушам се (oslúsham se) (pf.), вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) (impf.), вслушам се (vslúsham se) (pf.), слушам (slúsham) (impf.)
- Catalan: escoltar ca(ca)
- Cebuano: (paminawa)
- Croatian: slušati hr(hr) (impf.), poslušati hr(hr) (pf.)
- Czech: naslouchat cs(cs)
- Danish: lytte, høre efter
- Dutch: luisteren nl(nl) naar nl(nl), wachten nl(nl) op nl(nl), opletten nl(nl)
- Estonian: kuulama, kuulatama
- Faroese: lurta fo(fo)
- Finnish: kuunnella fi(fi)
- French: guetter fr(fr)
- German: lauschen de(de)
- Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
- Hindi: सुनना (sunnā)
- Ibanag: maginna
- Icelandic: hlusta (eftir)
- Ilocano: agdengngeg, denggen, dumngeg
- Italian: stare it(it) in it(it) ascolto it(it) per it(it) sentire it(it)
- Ivatan: adngeyen
- Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Kapampangan: makiramdam
- Korean: 듣다 (deutta)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ دان ku(ku) (gwê dan)
- Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.), óplètte
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to accept oral instruction
- Afrikaans: luister af(af)
- Albanian: dëgjoj
- Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akouō), εἰσακούω (eisakouō)
- Arabic: أطَاعَ (’aʈāʕa)
- Armenian: լսել hy(hy) (lsel), ենթարկվել hy(hy) (ent'arkvel)
- Bosnian: slušati bs(bs) (impf.), poslušati bs(bs) (pf.)
- Bulgarian: послушвам (poslúshvam) (impf.), послушам (poslúsham) (pf.), вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) (impf.), вслушам се (vslúsham se) (pf.)
- Catalan: escoltar ca(ca)
- Cebuano: patalinghugi
- Chickasaw: ihaklo
- Croatian: slušati hr(hr) (impf.), poslušati hr(hr) (pf.)
- Czech: poslouchat cs(cs)
- Danish: høre efter
- Dutch: gehoorzamen nl(nl), luisteren nl(nl) naar nl(nl)
- Estonian: kuulama
- Faroese: lurta eftir
- Finnish: kuunnella fi(fi), uskoa fi(fi)
- Galician: atender gl(gl), oír gl(gl)
- German: hören de(de)
- Greek: ακούω el(el) (akoúo)
- Hawaiian: lohe
- Hebrew: הקשיב (he) (hikshív), האזין (he) (he'ezín)
- Hiligaynon: pamati
- Hindi: सुनना (sunnā)
- Hungarian: hallgat hu(hu)
- Icelandic: hlusta (á)
- Indonesian: mendengarkan id(id)
- Italian: dare it(it) ascolto it(it)
- Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Korean: 듣다 (deutta), 들어주다 (deureojuda)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ گرتن ku(ku) (gwê girtin)
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- Latin: auscultō la(la), audiō la(la)
- Latvian: klausīt
- Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.)
- Lithuanian: klausyti lt(lt)
- Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
- Malay: dengar ms(ms)
- Marathi: सांगितलेले ऐकणे (sāngitalele aikaNe)
- Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a
- Norwegian: lystre no(no)
- Occitan: escotar
- Ojibwe: babaamitam
- Pashto: غوږ نيول ps(ps) (γwag niwəl)
- Polish: usłuchać, słuchać
- Portuguese: ouvir pt(pt)
- Russian: слушать ru(ru) (slúšat’), слушаться ru(ru) (slúšat’s’a)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: слушати sr(sr) (impf.), послушати sr(sr) (pf.)
- Roman: slušati sr(sr) (impf.), poslušati sr(sr) (pf.)
- Slovak: poslúchať sk(sk)
- Slovene: ubogati sl(sl)
- Sotho: mamela st(st)
- Spanish: escuchar es(es)
- Swahili: sikiza sw(sw)
- Swedish: lyda sv(sv)
- Tagalog: dinig tl(tl) (dinggin tl(tl)), kinig tl(tl) (pakinggan tl(tl), makinig tl(tl))
- Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
- Telugu: సమ్మతించు te(te) (sammatimcu)
- Thai: ฟัง (fang)
- Turkish: dinlemek tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: слухати (slúxaty) (impf.), послухати (poslúxaty) (pf.) , слухатися (slúxatysja) (impf.) reflexive
- Urdu: سننا ur(ur) (sunnā)
- Vietnamese: nghe theo, tuân theo, vâng lời
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listen
- Definite form of liste.
