hear

oír, escuchar

Percibir un sonido por medio de los oídos.

En inglés sencillo: To notice a sound with your ears.

• Can you hear the music?
• I heard a dog barking outside.
• We could hardly hear her quiet voice.

Cómo se usa: hear someone/something do something (I heard the door close.); hear someone/something doing something (She heard someone knocking upstairs.)

Sinónimos: perceive

Expresiones frecuentes: hear a sound, hear someone sing, hear a voice, can hear something

recibir noticias de, tener noticias de

Recibir un mensaje, una carta o una llamada de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To receive a message, letter, or call from someone.

• Did you hear from Tom?
• We have not heard from her since Monday.
• I finally heard back from the company yesterday.

Cómo se usa: hear from someone (Have you heard from your sister lately?); hear back from someone (I hope to hear back from the school soon.)

Sinónimos: get word from, receive a message from

Expresiones frecuentes: hear from someone, hope to hear, never hear back

atender, acoger

Escuchar una petición con buena disposición y aceptar ayudar.

En inglés sencillo: To listen kindly to a request and agree to help.

• Please hear our plea for mercy.
• The king heard her request and freed her son.
• They prayed that God would hear their prayers.

Sinónimos: heed, grant

Antónimos: reject

Expresiones frecuentes: hear a prayer, hear a plea, hear our request