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• /ˈlɪsən/
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• [ˈlɪsən] ~ [ˈlɪsn̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪsən
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• CMU ARPABET: L IH1 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English listenen, listnen, alteration (due to Middle English listen (“to listen, give heed to”)) of Old English hlysnan (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną, *hlusnōną (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną (compare Old High German hlosēn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Swedish lyssna (“to listen”). Compare Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaíō, “to make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clueō (“to be famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati, “an exclamation used in making an offering with fire to the gods or departed spirits”) & Sanskrit श्लोक्य (ślókya, “voice, sound, noisy”)). Related to loud and German lauschen.

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• Afrikaans: luister — to pay attention to a sound
• Albanian: dëgjoj — to pay attention to a sound
• Albanian: ndi — to pay attention to a sound
• Albanian: ni (gheg) — to pay attention to a sound
• Amharic: ማዳመጥ (madamäṭ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: أَصْغَى (ʔaṣḡā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: أَنْصَتَ (ʔanṣata) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: اِسْتَمَعَ (istamaʕa) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: سَمِعَ (samiʕa) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: سمع (simiʕ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: سمع (smaʕ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Arabic: سمع (simiʕ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Aragonese: ascuitar — to pay attention to a sound
• Armenian: լսել (lsel) — to pay attention to a sound
• Aromanian: ascultu — to pay attention to a sound
• Assamese: শুনা (xuna) — to pay attention to a sound
• Asturian: escuchar — to pay attention to a sound
• Azerbaijani: dinləmək — to pay attention to a sound
• Azerbaijani: qulaq asmaq — to pay attention to a sound
• Bangi: yoka — to pay attention to a sound
• Bashkir: тыңлау (tıñlaw) — to pay attention to a sound
• Bashkir: тыңдау (tıñdaw) — to pay attention to a sound
• Basque: entzun — to pay attention to a sound
• Basque: aditu — to pay attention to a sound
• Belarusian: слу́хаць (slúxacʹ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Belarusian: паслу́хаць (paslúxacʹ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Bengali: শোনা (śōna) — to pay attention to a sound
• Central Bikol: himati — to pay attention to a sound
• Breton: selaou — to pay attention to a sound
• Bulgarian: слу́шам (slúšam) — to pay attention to a sound
• Burmese: နားထောင် (na:htaung) — to pay attention to a sound
• Catalan: escoltar — to pay attention to a sound
• Cebuano: dungog (pagdungog) — to pay attention to a sound
• Cebuano: mamati (pagpamati) — to pay attention to a sound
• Cebuano: paminaw (pagpaminaw) — to pay attention to a sound
• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏓᏍᏗᎭ (advdasdiha) — to pay attention to a sound
• Chickasaw: haklo — to pay attention to a sound
• Chinese Cantonese: 聽 /听 (teng1, ting1) — to pay attention to a sound
• Chinese: тин (tin) — to pay attention to a sound
• Eastern Min Chinese: 聽 /听 (tiăng) — to pay attention to a sound
• Gan Chinese: 聽 /听 — to pay attention to a sound
• Hakka Chinese: 聽 /听 (thâng) — to pay attention to a sound
• Chinese: 聽 /听 (thian) — to pay attention to a sound
• Jin Chinese: 聽 /听 (ting1) — to pay attention to a sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽 /听 (tīng) — to pay attention to a sound
• Northern Min Chinese: 聽聆 /听聆 (tia̿ng-nī / tia̿ng-nīng / tia̿ng-līng) — to pay attention to a sound
• Wu Chinese: 聽 /听 — to pay attention to a sound
• Xiang Chinese: 聽 /听 (tin1) — to pay attention to a sound
• Chuvash: итле (itle) — to pay attention to a sound
• Cimbrian: lusan — to pay attention to a sound
• Czech: poslouchat — to pay attention to a sound
• Czech: poslechnout — to pay attention to a sound
• Danish: lytte — to pay attention to a sound
• Dutch: luisteren — to pay attention to a sound
• Esperanto: aŭskulti — to pay attention to a sound
• Estonian: kuulama — to pay attention to a sound
• Estonian: tähele panema — to pay attention to a sound
• Evenki: до̄лды̄мӣ (dōldīmī) — to pay attention to a sound
• Evenki: до̄лды̄н (dōldīn) — to pay attention to a sound
• Faroese: lurta — to pay attention to a sound
• Finnish: kuunnella — to pay attention to a sound
• Franco-Provençal: acutar — to pay attention to a sound
• French: écouter — to pay attention to a sound
• Old French: escouter — to pay attention to a sound
• Old French: esculter — to pay attention to a sound
• West-Frisian: harkje — to pay attention to a sound
• Friulian: scoltâ — to pay attention to a sound
• Galician: atender — to pay attention to a sound
• Galician: escoitar — to pay attention to a sound
• Galician: oír — to pay attention to a sound
• Gallurese: iscultà — to pay attention to a sound
• Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena) — to pay attention to a sound
• Georgian: სმენა (smena) — to pay attention to a sound
• Georgian: გაგონება (gagoneba) — to pay attention to a sound
• German: hören — to pay attention to a sound
• German: zuhören — to pay attention to a sound
• German: zuelose — to pay attention to a sound
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Greek: ακούω (akoúo) — to pay attention to a sound
• Ancient Greek: ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai) — to pay attention to a sound
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) — to pay attention to a sound
• Hadza: exekeke — to pay attention to a sound
• Haitian Creole: koute — to pay attention to a sound
• Hawaiian: hoʻolohe — to pay attention to a sound
• Hebrew: הִקְשִׁיב (hikshív) — to pay attention to a sound
• Hebrew: הֶאֱזִין (he'ezín) — to pay attention to a sound
• Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) — to pay attention to a sound
• Hindi: सुनना (sunnā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Hungarian: hallgat — to pay attention to a sound
• Hungarian: figyel — to pay attention to a sound
• Icelandic: hlusta (á) — to pay attention to a sound
• Ido: askoltar — to pay attention to a sound
• Indonesian: dengarkan — to pay attention to a sound
• Interlingua: ascoltar — to pay attention to a sound
• Irish: éist — to pay attention to a sound
• Istriot: scoltà — to pay attention to a sound
• Italian: ascoltare — to pay attention to a sound
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kabuverdianu: obi — to pay attention to a sound
• Kabuverdianu: uví — to pay attention to a sound
• Kabyle: ssefled — to pay attention to a sound
• Kannada: ಆಲಿಸು (ālisu) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kashmiri: بوزُن (bōzun) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kashubian: czëc — to pay attention to a sound
• Kazakh: тыңдау (tyñdau) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kazakh: есту (estu) — to pay attention to a sound
• Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (sdap) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kongo: kuwa — to pay attention to a sound
• Korean: 듣다 (deutda) — to pay attention to a sound
• Central Kurdish: گوێ دان (gwê dan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin — to pay attention to a sound
• Northern Kurdish: guh dan — to pay attention to a sound
• Kyrgyz: угуу (uguu) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kyrgyz: тыңшоо (tıŋşoo) — to pay attention to a sound
• Kyrgyz: тыңдоо (tıŋdoo) — to pay attention to a sound
• Ladin: scuter — to pay attention to a sound
• Lao: ຟັງ (fang) — to pay attention to a sound
• Latgalian: klauseitīs — to pay attention to a sound
• Latin: auscultō — to pay attention to a sound
• Latin: audiō — to pay attention to a sound
• Latin: exaudio — to pay attention to a sound
• Latvian: klausīties — to pay attention to a sound
• Limburgish: loestere (nao) — to pay attention to a sound
• Lingala: yoka — to pay attention to a sound
• Lithuanian: klausyti — to pay attention to a sound
• Livonian: kūldõ — to pay attention to a sound
• Lombard: ascoltà — to pay attention to a sound
• Lutuv: naathlie — to pay attention to a sound
• Macedonian: слуша (sluša) — to pay attention to a sound
• Malay: dengar — to pay attention to a sound
• Malayalam: കേൾക്കുക (kēḷkkuka) — to pay attention to a sound
• Maltese: issamma — to pay attention to a sound
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (donjimbi) — to pay attention to a sound
• Māori: whakaoko — to pay attention to a sound
• Māori: whakarongo — to pay attention to a sound
• Māori: whakataringa — to pay attention to a sound
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to pay attention to a sound
• Middle English: listnen — to pay attention to a sound
• Mongolian: чагнах (čagnax) — to pay attention to a sound
• Mongolian: сонсох (sonsox) — to pay attention to a sound
• Khiamniungan Naga: ā-āng — to pay attention to a sound
• Nahuatl: caqui — to pay attention to a sound
• Nanai: до̄лди- (dōlʒi-) — to pay attention to a sound
• Neapolitan: sentì — to pay attention to a sound
• Neapolitan: ntennere — to pay attention to a sound
• Norman: êcouter — to pay attention to a sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: lytte — to pay attention to a sound
• Occitan: escotar — to pay attention to a sound
• Odia: ଶୁଣିବା (śuṇibā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Northern Ohlone: taahe — to pay attention to a sound
• Ojibwe: babaamendam — to pay attention to a sound
• Church Slavic: слоушати (slušati) — to pay attention to a sound
• Old East Slavic: слꙋшати (slušati) — to pay attention to a sound
• Old English: hlystan — to pay attention to a sound
• Old English: ġehīeran — to pay attention to a sound
• Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀 (tïŋla-) — to pay attention to a sound
• Oroqen: dɔ꞉ldi- — to pay attention to a sound
• Pannonian Rusyn: слухац (sluxac) — to pay attention to a sound
• Papiamentu: skucha — to pay attention to a sound
• Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) — to pay attention to a sound
• Pennsylvania German: hariche — to pay attention to a sound
• Iranian Persian: گوش دادَن (guš dâdan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Iranian Persian: گوش کَرْدَن (guš kardan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Iranian Persian: اِسْتِماع کَرْدَن (estemâ' kardan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Iranian Persian: نِیوشیدَن (niyušidan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Iranian Persian: گوشیدَن (gušidan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Phuthi: mamela — to pay attention to a sound
• Polish: słuchać — to pay attention to a sound
• Portuguese: escutar — to pay attention to a sound
• Quechua: uyariy — to pay attention to a sound
• Romanian: asculta — to pay attention to a sound
• Romansh: tadlar — to pay attention to a sound
• Romansh: audi — to pay attention to a sound
• Romansh: tedlar — to pay attention to a sound
• Romansh: tarlar — to pay attention to a sound
• Romansh: tadler — to pay attention to a sound
• Russian: слу́шать (slúšatʹ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Russian: послу́шать (poslúšatʹ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Sanskrit: शृणोति (śṛṇoti) — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: aiscultare — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: aiscurtare — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: ascultare — to pay attention to a sound
• Campidanese Sardinian: ascurtai — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: ascurtare — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: iscultare — to pay attention to a sound
• Sardinian: iscurtare — to pay attention to a sound
• Sassarese: iscultà — to pay attention to a sound
• Scottish Gaelic: èisd — to pay attention to a sound
• Scottish Gaelic: èist — to pay attention to a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏шати — to pay attention to a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀слушати — to pay attention to a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕšati — to pay attention to a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslušati — to pay attention to a sound
• Sicilian: ascutari — to pay attention to a sound
• Sinhalese: ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා (æhumkan denawā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Sinhalese: අහනවා (ahanawā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Slovak: počúvať — to pay attention to a sound
• Slovak: poslúchnuť — to pay attention to a sound
• Slovene: poslušati — to pay attention to a sound
• Lower Sorbian: słuchaś — to pay attention to a sound
• Upper Sorbian: słušeć — to pay attention to a sound
• Upper Sorbian: роsłuсhаć — to pay attention to a sound
• Sotho: mamela — to pay attention to a sound
• Spanish: escuchar — to pay attention to a sound
• Swahili: kusikiza — to pay attention to a sound
• Swahili: kusikiliza — to pay attention to a sound
• Swedish: lyssna — to pay attention to a sound
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tagalog: dinig (dinggin) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tagalog: kinig (pakinggan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tagalog: makinig — to pay attention to a sound
• Tajik: гӯш додан (güš dodan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tajik: гӯш кардан (güš kardan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tajik: ниюшидан (niyušidan) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tamil: கேள் (kēḷ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tatar: тыңларга (tıñlarğa) — to pay attention to a sound
• Telugu: ఆలకించు (ālakiñcu) — to pay attention to a sound
• Telugu: వినుట (vinuṭa) — to pay attention to a sound
• Thai: ฟัง (fang) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tibetan: གསོན་པ (gson pa) — to pay attention to a sound
• Tok Pisin: harim — to pay attention to a sound
• Tongan: fanongo — to pay attention to a sound
• Turkish: dinlemek — to pay attention to a sound
• Ottoman Turkish: دیكلهمك (diŋlemek) — to pay attention to a sound
• Turkmen: diňlemek — to pay attention to a sound
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎓 (šmʿ) — to pay attention to a sound
• Ukrainian: слу́хати (slúxaty) — to pay attention to a sound
• Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) — to pay attention to a sound
• Uzbek: tinglamoq — to pay attention to a sound
• Uzbek: eshitmoq — to pay attention to a sound
• Venetan: scoltar — to pay attention to a sound
• Vietnamese: nghe — to pay attention to a sound
• Vietnamese: lắng nghe — to pay attention to a sound
• Welsh: gwrando — to pay attention to a sound
• Xhosa: mamela — to pay attention to a sound
• Yiddish: הערן (hern) — to pay attention to a sound
• Yiddish: צוהערן (tsuhern) — to pay attention to a sound
• Zhuang: dingh — to pay attention to a sound
• Zhuang: nyi — to pay attention to a sound
• Zulu: lalela — to pay attention to a sound
• Afrikaans: luister — to expect or wait for a sound
• Albanian: ve vesh — to expect or wait for a sound
• Albanian: mbaj vesh — to expect or wait for a sound
• Arabic: أَنْصَتَ (ʔanṣata) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Armenian: ականջ դնել (akanǰ dnel) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Asturian: escuchar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Basque: entzun — to expect or wait for a sound
• Central Bikol: dengogen — to expect or wait for a sound
• Bulgarian: ослу́швам се (oslúšvam se) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Bulgarian: вслу́швам се (vslúšvam se) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Catalan: escoltar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Czech: naslouchat — to expect or wait for a sound
• Danish: lytte — to expect or wait for a sound
• Danish: høre efter — to expect or wait for a sound
• Dutch: luisteren — to expect or wait for a sound
• Dutch: opletten — to expect or wait for a sound
• Estonian: kuulama — to expect or wait for a sound
• Estonian: kuulatama — to expect or wait for a sound
• Faroese: lurta — to expect or wait for a sound
• Finnish: kuunnella — to expect or wait for a sound
• French: tendre l'oreille — to expect or wait for a sound
• French: guetter — to expect or wait for a sound
• Galician: escoitar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena) — to expect or wait for a sound
• German: lauschen — to expect or wait for a sound
• Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Hindi: सुनना (sunnā) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ibanag: maginna — to expect or wait for a sound
• Icelandic: hlusta (eftir) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ilocano: agdengngeg — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ilocano: denggen — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ilocano: dumngeg — to expect or wait for a sound
• Interlingua: ascoltar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Italian: stare in ascolto per — to expect or wait for a sound
• Italian: sentire — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ivatan: adngeyen — to expect or wait for a sound
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Kabuverdianu: obi — to expect or wait for a sound
• Kabuverdianu: uví — to expect or wait for a sound
• Kabyle: ssefled — to expect or wait for a sound
• Kapampangan: makiramdam — to expect or wait for a sound
• Korean: 듣다 (deutda) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Central Kurdish: گوێ دان (gwê dan) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin — to expect or wait for a sound
• Northern Kurdish: guh dan — to expect or wait for a sound
• Latgalian: klauseitīs — to expect or wait for a sound
• Latin: ausculto — to expect or wait for a sound
• Latin: exaudio — to expect or wait for a sound
• Latvian: klausīties — to expect or wait for a sound
• Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Limburgish: óplètte — to expect or wait for a sound
• Lithuanian: klausyti — to expect or wait for a sound
• Maguindanao: pakinig — to expect or wait for a sound
• Malay: pasang telinga — to expect or wait for a sound
• Maranao: makineg — to expect or wait for a sound
• Maranao: pimakinog — to expect or wait for a sound
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: lytte — to expect or wait for a sound
• Occitan: escotar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ojibwe: nandotan — to expect or wait for a sound
• Old English: hlosnian — to expect or wait for a sound
• Pangasinan: odengel — to expect or wait for a sound
• Pangasinan: pakanggel — to expect or wait for a sound
• Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Polish: nasłuchiwać — to expect or wait for a sound
• Portuguese: escutar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Romanian: asculta — to expect or wait for a sound
• Russian: слу́шать (slúšatʹ) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Scottish Gaelic: èisd — to expect or wait for a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏шати — to expect or wait for a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀слушати — to expect or wait for a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕšati — to expect or wait for a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslušati — to expect or wait for a sound
• Slovak: načúvať — to expect or wait for a sound
• Lower Sorbian: słuchaś — to expect or wait for a sound
• Sotho: mamela — to expect or wait for a sound
• Spanish: escuchar — to expect or wait for a sound
• Swahili: sikiza — to expect or wait for a sound
• Swedish: lyssna — to expect or wait for a sound
• Tagalog: dinig (dinggin) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Tagalog: kinig (pakinggan) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Tamil: மெதுவா கேள் (metuvā kēḷ) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Tausug: dumongog — to expect or wait for a sound
• Telugu: ఆలకించు (ālakiñcu) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Thai: ฟัง (fang) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Tongan: fanongo — to expect or wait for a sound
• Turkish: dinlemek — to expect or wait for a sound
• Ukrainian: слу́хати (slúxaty) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Vietnamese: chờ đợi — to expect or wait for a sound
• Vietnamese: chờ — to expect or wait for a sound
• Vietnamese: đợi cho — to expect or wait for a sound
• Yiddish: הערן (hern) — to expect or wait for a sound
• Afrikaans: luister — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Albanian: dëgjoj — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Albanian: marvesh — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Arabic: أَطَاعَ (ʔaṭāʕa) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Armenian: լսել (lsel) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Armenian: ենթարկվել (entʻarkvel) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Asturian: escuchar — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Basque: aditu — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Basque: kasu egin — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Basque: jaramon egin — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (otstǎ́pvam) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Catalan: escoltar — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Cebuano: patalinghugi — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Chickasaw: ihaklo — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Czech: poslouchat — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Danish: høre efter — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Dutch: gehoorzamen — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Dutch: luisteren — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Estonian: kuulama — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Faroese: lurta eftir — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Finnish: kuunnella — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Finnish: uskoa — to accept advice or obey instruction
• French: écouter — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Galician: atender — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Galician: oír — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Gallurese: iscultà — to accept advice or obey instruction
• German: hören — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Greek: ακούω (akoúo) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ancient Greek: εἰσακούω (eisakoúō) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hawaiian: lohe — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hebrew: הקשיב (hikshív) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hebrew: האזין (he'ezín) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hiligaynon: pamati — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hindi: सुनना (sunnā) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Hungarian: hallgat — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Icelandic: hlusta (á) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Indonesian: mendengarkan — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Italian: dare ascolto — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Italian: dar retta — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Kabuverdianu: obi — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Kabuverdianu: uví — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Kabyle: ssefled — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (sdap) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Korean: 듣다 (deutda) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Korean: 들어주다 (deureojuda) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Central Kurdish: گوێ گرتن (gwê girtin) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Northern Kurdish: guh dan — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Latgalian: klauseit — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Latin: auscultō — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Latin: audiō — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Latvian: klausīt — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Lithuanian: klausyti — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Malay: dengar — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Norman: êcouter — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Norwegian Bokmål: lystre — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Occitan: escotar — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ojibwe: babaamitam — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Old English: ġehīeran — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Old English: ġehīersumian — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Polish: usłuchać — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Polish: słuchać — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Portuguese: ouvir — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Romanian: asculta — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Russian: слу́шать (slúšatʹ) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Russian: слу́шаться (slúšatʹsja) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Campidanese Sardinian: ascurtai — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Sardinian: ascurtare — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Sardinian: iscultare — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Sardinian: iscurtare — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Sassarese: iscultà — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏шати — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀слушати — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕšati — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslušati — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Slovak: poslúchať — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Slovene: ubogati — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Slovene: poslušati — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Lower Sorbian: słuchaś — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Sotho: mamela — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Spanish: escuchar — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Spanish: atenerse — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Swahili: sikiza — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Swedish: lyda — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Tagalog: dinig (dinggin) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Tagalog: kinig (pakinggan, makinig) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Tamil: கேள் (kēḷ) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Telugu: సమ్మతించు (sammatiñcu) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Thai: ฟัง (fang) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Tibetan: ཉན (nyan) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Turkish: dinlemek — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ottoman Turkish: دیكلهمك (diŋlemek) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ukrainian: слу́хати (slúxaty) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ukrainian: послу́хати (poslúxaty) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ukrainian: слу́хатися impf reflexive (slúxatysja) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Ukrainian: послу́хатися (poslúxatysja) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Vietnamese: nghe theo — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Vietnamese: tuân theo — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Vietnamese: vâng lời — to accept advice or obey instruction
• Afrikaans: hoor — to hear (something)
• Albanian: dëgjoj — to hear (something)
• Albanian: ni (gheg) — to hear (something)
• Arabic: سَمِعَ (samiʕa) — to hear (something)
• Arabic: سمع (semeʕ) — to hear (something)
• Armenian: լսել (lsel) — to hear (something)
• Basque: entzun — to hear (something)
• Basque: aditu — to hear (something)
• Bulgarian: чу́вам (čúvam) — to hear (something)
• Bulgarian: слу́шам (slúšam) — to hear (something)
• Cebuano: patalinghugi — to hear (something)
• Chickasaw: haklo — to hear (something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽 /听 (tīng) — to hear (something)
• Czech: slyšet — to hear (something)
• Dutch: horen — to hear (something)
• Egyptian: s-D:sDm-m (sḏm) — to hear (something)
• Esperanto: aŭskulti — to hear (something)
• Estonian: kuulma — to hear (something)
• Faroese: hoyra — to hear (something)
• Finnish: kuulla — to hear (something)
• French: écouter — to hear (something)
• Galician: oír — to hear (something)
• German: hören — to hear (something)
• Greek: ακούω (akoúo) — to hear (something)
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) — to hear (something)
• Hawaiian: lohe — to hear (something)
• Hebrew: שמע (shama) — to hear (something)
• Hiligaynon: pamati — to hear (something)
• Hindi: सुनना (sunnā) — to hear (something)
• Hindi: कान लगाना (kān lagānā) — to hear (something)
• Hungarian: hallgat — to hear (something)
• Icelandic: hlusta — to hear (something)
• Icelandic: heyra — to hear (something)
• Irish: éist — to hear (something)
• Italian: sentire — to hear (something)
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to hear (something)
• Kabuverdianu: obi — to hear (something)
• Kabuverdianu: uví — to hear (something)
• Kabyle: ssefled — to hear (something)
• Khmer: ឮ (lɨɨ) — to hear (something)
• Khmer: ស្ដាប់ឮ (sdablœ) — to hear (something)
• Korean: 들리다 (deullida) — to hear (something)
• Central Kurdish: گوێ لێبون (gwê lêbun) — to hear (something)
• Northern Kurdish: guh lê bûn — to hear (something)
• Latgalian: dzierdēt — to hear (something)
• Latin: exaudiō — to hear (something)
• Latin: audio — to hear (something)
• Latin: ausculto — to hear (something)
• Latvian: dzirdēt — to hear (something)
• Limburgish: loestere — to hear (something)
• Limburgish: heure — to hear (something)
• Limburgish: huuere — to hear (something)
• Lithuanian: girdėti — to hear (something)
• Malay: dengar — to hear (something)
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to hear (something)
• Neapolitan: sentì — to hear (something)
• Norwegian Bokmål: høre — to hear (something)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høyra — to hear (something)
• Ojibwe: bizindaw — to hear (something)
• Pashto: اورول (awrawəl) — to hear (something)
• Persian: شِنیدَن (šenidan) — to hear (something)
• Persian: شُنیدَن (šonidan) — to hear (something)
• Polish: wysłuchać — to hear (something)
• Polish: słuchać — to hear (something)
• Portuguese: escutar — to hear (something)
• Portuguese: ouvir — to hear (something)
• Romanian: asculta — to hear (something)
• Russian: слы́шать (slýšatʹ) — to hear (something)
• Russian: услы́шать (uslýšatʹ) — to hear (something)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluinn — to hear (something)
• Serbo-Croatian: чу̏ти — to hear (something)
• Serbo-Croatian: čȕti — to hear (something)
• Slovak: počuť — to hear (something)
• Slovak: slyšať — to hear (something)
• Slovene: slišati — to hear (something)
• Sotho: utlwa — to hear (something)
• Spanish: oír — to hear (something)
• Swahili: sikiza — to hear (something)
• Swedish: lyssna — to hear (something)
• Tagalog: dinig (dinggin) — to hear (something)
• Tagalog: rinig (narinig) — to hear (something)
• Tamil: கேள் (kēḷ) — to hear (something)
• Telugu: విను (vinu) — to hear (something)
• Thai: ยิน (yin) — to hear (something)
• Tocharian B: klyaus- — to hear (something)
• Tok Pisin: harim — to hear (something)
• Tongan: fanongo — to hear (something)
• Turkish: duymak — to hear (something)
• Ukrainian: чу́ти (čúty) — to hear (something)
• Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) — to hear (something)
• Urdu: کان لَگانا (kān lagānā) — to hear (something)
• Vietnamese: nghe — to hear (something)
• Vietnamese: để ý đến — to hear (something)