Oír conjugation chart
Oír present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I hear | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you hear | |
| vos | you hear | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she hears | |
| nosotros | we hear | |
| vosotros | you all hear | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they hear |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Oír preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I heard | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you heard | |
| vos | you heard | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she heard | |
| nosotros | we heard | |
| vosotros | you all heard | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they heard |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Oír imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to hear | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to hear | |
| vos | you used to hear | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to hear | |
| nosotros | we used to hear | |
| vosotros | you all used to hear | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to hear |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Oír future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will hear | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will hear | |
| vos | you will hear | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will hear | |
| nosotros | we will hear | |
| vosotros | you all will hear | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will hear |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Oír conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would hear | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would hear | |
| vos | you would hear | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would hear | |
| nosotros | we would hear | |
| vosotros | you all would hear | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would hear |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Oír present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I hear | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you hear | |
| vos | that you hear | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she hear | |
| nosotros | that we hear | |
| vosotros | that you all hear | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they hear |
Irregular stem oig- (from the yo form oigo) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Oír imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I heard | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you heard | |
| vos | if you heard | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she heard | |
| nosotros | if we heard | |
| vosotros | if you all heard | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they heard |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (oyese), more common in writing.
Oír affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | hear! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | hear! | |
| usted | hear! | |
| nosotros | let's hear! | |
| vosotros | hear! | |
| ustedes | hear! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: oye. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (oiga, oigamos, oigan).
Oír negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't hear! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't hear! | |
| usted | don't hear! | |
| nosotros | let's not hear! | |
| vosotros | don't hear! | |
| ustedes | don't hear! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + oigas, oiga…
Always the verb haber + the past participle oído, which never changes.
Oír present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he oído |
|---|---|
| tú | has oído |
| vos | has oído |
| él, ella, usted | ha oído |
| nosotros | hemos oído |
| vosotros | habéis oído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han oído |
Oír pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había oído |
|---|---|
| tú | habías oído |
| vos | habías oído |
| él, ella, usted | había oído |
| nosotros | habíamos oído |
| vosotros | habíais oído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían oído |
Oír future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré oído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás oído |
| vos | habrás oído |
| él, ella, usted | habrá oído |
| nosotros | habremos oído |
| vosotros | habréis oído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán oído |
Oír conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría oído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías oído |
| vos | habrías oído |
| él, ella, usted | habría oído |
| nosotros | habríamos oído |
| vosotros | habríais oído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían oído |
Oír present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya oído |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas oído |
| vos | hayas oído |
| él, ella, usted | haya oído |
| nosotros | hayamos oído |
| vosotros | hayáis oído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan oído |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Oír is “to hear”; “to listen to” is escuchar, with no extra word for “to”: escucho la radio. And ¡oye! is how you say “hey!” to get someone's attention.
Examples with oír
No te oigo bien.
I can't hear you well.
¡Oye, espérame!
Hey, wait for me!
¿Oíste ese ruido?
Did you hear that noise?
Practice oír
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