| Traduções principais |
WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| listen vi | (actively hear) | escutar v int |
| | Take a moment to be quiet and listen; what sounds can you hear? |
| | Reserve um instante para ficar em silêncio e escutar; que sons você consegue ouvir? |
hearken, harken vi | literary, archaic (listen, pay attention) (literário, poético) | escutar v int |
| | 'Beware and hearken, and thou shalt do all the commands which I charge thee.' - Deuteronomy 12:28 |
hearken to sth, harken to sth vi + prep | archaic, literary (listen to, pay attention to) (arcaico, literário) | escutar vt |
| | | prestar atenção a expres v |
| | Had I but hearkened to my mother's counsel, I should not now find myself in this wretched condition. |
| hear sth vtr | (sound: perceive) | escutar, ouvir vt |
| | He heard a crash in the kitchen and went to see what had happened. |
| | Ele escutou um barulho na cozinha e foi ver o que era. |
| hark vi | literary, archaic (listen attentively) | ouvir, escutar v int |
| | I advise you to hark well to your father's words. |
| listen to sth/sb vi + prep | (actively hear) | escutar vt |
| | | ouvir vt |
| | Please be quiet; I am listening to the radio. |
| | Por favor, fique quieto; estou escutando rádio. |
| hear sth vtr | (detect sound of) | escutar, ouvir vt |
| | Can you hear the train whistle? |
| | I didn't hear you come home last night. |
| | Você consegue escutar o apito do trem? |
| earwig sth vtr | (listen in to) | escutar, ouvir vt |
| hear vi | (sound: be able to perceive) | escutar vt |
| | She can no longer hear well and is becoming deaf. |
| | Ela não consegue mais escutar bem e está ficando surda. |
| earwig vi | (listen in) | escutar, ouvir v int |
| listen to sth vi + prep | (consider) (dar atenção) | escutar, considerar vt |
| | I would like them to listen to my proposal. |
| | Eu gostaria que eles escutassem minha proposta. |
| listen to sth/sb vi + prep | (pay attention) | escutar vt |
| | | ouvir vt |
| | | prestar atenção expres v |
| | | dar ouvidos expres v |
| | Please listen to me carefully. |
| | Escute os conselhos da sua mãe. |
| bug sb vtr | (wiretap, listen covertly to) (figurado, informal) | grampear vt |
| | | escutar vt |
| | The police started bugging him eight months ago. |
| | A polícia começou a grampeá-lo oito meses atrás. |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| catch wind of sth v expr | informal (hear a rumour of sth) (informal) | escutar rumores de algo, ouvir falar de algo expres v |
| | The employees caught wind of the coming lay-offs, and were very upset. |
| eavesdrop vi | (listen secretly) | ouvir escondido, escutar escondido expres v |
| | (figurado) | espionar v int |
| | I didn't intend to eavesdrop but they were talking just outside my door. |
| | Eu não queria ouvir escondido, mas eles estavam conversando do lado de fora da minha porta. |
| eavesdrop on sb/sth vi + prep | (listen secretly to) | ouvir escondido, escutar escondido expres v |
| | (figurado) | espionar v int |
| | How did you know that? Were you eavesdropping on my phone call? |
| listen at the door v expr | (eavesdrop) | escutar atrás da porta expres v |
| | You'll hear what they say if you listen at the door. |
| miss sth vtr | (fail to hear) (negativo) | não entender expres v |
| | | não escutar expres v |
| | I'm sorry, I missed what you said. |
| | Desculpa-me, não entendi o que disseste. |