escutar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escuitar, ascuitar, ascoitar, from Latin ascultāre. Compare Galician escoitar. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kuˈta(ʁ)/ [is.kuˈta(h)], /es.kuˈta(ʁ)/ [es.kuˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kuˈta(ɾ)/, /es.kuˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kuˈta(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kuˈta(χ)], /eʃ.kuˈta(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kuˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kuˈta(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧tar

Verb

escutar (first-person singular present escuto, first-person singular preterite escutei, past participle escutado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to listen to; to hear (to perceive sound)
    Synonym: ouvir

Conjugation

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