Oír Conjugation | How to Conjugate Oír in Spanish

¡Hola! ¿Oyes eso? In this article, I’ll show you all the conjugations for the oír verb in Spanish. You’ll learn to conjugate oír in the different Spanish tenses, and I’ll also give you some example sentences to help you practice. Oír is an irregular verb, but don’t let that scare you. The detailed explanations below will help you master this tricky Spanish grammar topic in no time.

Oír means “to hear.” This irregular verb is frequently used in Spanish so learning to conjugate it is important. You can use oír to point out what you can hear or to tell someone you heard something. While the meaning of oír may seem familiar to the verb escuchar, the difference is that oír is used for scenarios where we involuntarily hear a sound or are exposed to information. For example, you can use oír to say “Oí al gallo cantar en  la mañana” which means, “I heard the rooster crow in the morning.”

The table below shows three common conjugations of oír: the infinitive, the gerund, and the past participle.

Here are three example sentences that use the conjugations of oír from the table above:

• Infinitive: No quiero oír gritos. / I don’t want to hear screaming.
• Gerund: Sigo oyendo ruidos durante la noche. / I keep hearing noises during the night.
• Past Participle: ¿No has oído los rumores? / Haven’t you heard the rumors?

Now we will see the Spanish verb conjugation of oír in every tense. The table below shows the different Spanish verb tenses. You can click on each one of them to see oír conjugated in that specific tense.

How to Conjugate Oír in Indicative Tense

We use the indicative mood state facts, habits, or descriptions. This is one of the most used tenses in Spanish because we can use it to make statements about the past, present, and future. We’ll cover the following indicative tenses of oír: present, future, preterite, imperfect, and conditional.

Indicative Present

The indicative present helps us talk about actions or events we do now or in the near future. You can use the indicative present form of oír to describe what you can hear. Remember that oír is used for cases where you don’t have control over your environment. For example, you can say “¿Oyes los carros en la calle?” which means, “Can you hear the cars on the street?”

Below you can see how to see the oír conjugation in the present tense: 

Pronoun	Oír Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	oigo	I hear
Tú	oyes	You hear
Vos	oís	You hear
Él/Ella/Usted	oye	He/She hears, You hear
Nosotros	oímos	We hear
Vosotros	oís	You hear
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes	oyen	They/You hear

Here are some example sentences showing how to conjugate oír in the indicative present tense:

• ¿Oyen esa voz? / Do you hear that voice?
• Si no oyes a la profesora, debes ir al doctor. / If you can’t hear the teacher, you should go to the doctor.
• Oigo solo cosas buenas sobre tener un perro. / I only hear good things about having a dog.

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Indicative Future

We use the indicative future tense to describe an event that will happen later. In the case of the verb oír, you can use this form to point out things you will hear in the future. Using oír in this form usually implies familiarity or knowledge about the environment. For example, you can say “A las 6 p.m., oiré un tren pasar” which means, “At 6 p.m., I will hear a train go by.”

You can find the indicative future conjugation chart for oír below: 

Pronoun	Oír Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	oiré	I will hear
Tú	oirás	You will hear
Vos	oirás	You will hear
Él/Ella/Usted	oirá	He/She/You will hear
Nosotros	oiremos	We will hear
Vosotros	oiréis	You will hear
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes	oíran	They/Yo