oía

heard, oía

Verb oía

First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of oír.
Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect indicative form of oír.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of oír.

Examples

Roger Miller empezó a escribir canciones porque le encantaba la música que oía en la radio.

Roger Miller began writing songs because he loved the music he heard on the radio.

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Tom no podía creer lo que oía.

Tom couldn't believe his ears.

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No podía creer lo que oía.

I could not believe my ears.

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Se oía mucho ruido en la habitación, así que Tom se tapó los oídos.

It was really noisy in the room so Tom covered his ears.

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Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que no oía a Tom tocar su saxofón barítono.

It's been a long time since I've heard Tom play his baritone sax.

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No podía evitar reírme cuando oía esa historia.

I couldn't help laughing when I heard that story.

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Ella oía disparos cada noche.

She heard gunshots every night.

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Le internaron en esta clínica después de decir que oía voces.

They put him in this clinic after he said he was hearing voices.

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