Oír Conjugation | How to Conjugate Oír in Spanish

Oír means “to hear.” You will learn its oigo / oye present family, y-forms such as oyó and oyeron, gerund oyendo, accented participle oído, subjunctive families, and commands.

Oír conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Oír combines several patterns: oigo — “I hear,” oyes / oye / oyen, oímos / oís, preterite oyó / oyeron, gerund oyendo, and participle oído.

Oír gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle oído remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	oír	to hear
Gerund	oyendo	hearing
Past participle	oído	heard

Oír meaning and essential uses

Oír — “to hear” — is primarily transitive and means perceiving sound through the ear: Oigo música. — “I hear music.” RAE also records attending to requests, warnings, or another person.

A useful learner distinction is that oír normally emphasizes auditory perception, while escuchar typically emphasizes deliberate listening. Oír can also take an infinitive: Oigo cantar a los pájaros. — “I hear the birds sing.”

Oír irregular conjugation patterns

The present has oigo in the first person; oyes, oye, oyen use y; and oímos, oís preserve accented í. The present subjunctive uses the oig- family: oiga, oigas, oigamos, oigáis, oigan.

The third-person preterite uses oyó / oyeron, and that oy- family continues in oyera / oyese / oyere. The gerund is oyendo — “hearing,” while the participle is oído — “heard.”

Oír indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Oír present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The family combines oigo, oy- forms, and accented oímos / oís.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oigo	I hear
Tú — you, singular informal	oyes	you hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oye	he / she hears; you hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oímos	we hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oís	you hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oyen	they hear; you hear (plural)

• Oigo música desde la otra habitación. — I hear music from the other room.

Oír preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The third-person forms use oyó / oyeron; other forms preserve accented oí- where required.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oí	I heard
Tú — you, singular informal	oíste	you heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oyó	he / she heard; you heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oímos	we heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oísteis	you heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oyeron	they heard; you heard (plural)

• Ayer oí un ruido extraño. — Yesterday I heard a strange noise.

Oír imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oía	I used to hear / was hearing
Tú — you, singular informal	oías	you used to hear / were hearing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oía	he / she used to hear / was hearing; you used to hear / were hearing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oíamos	we used to hear / were hearing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oíais	you used to hear / were hearing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oían	they used to hear / were hearing; you used to hear / were hearing (plural)

• Antes oía mejor con ese auricular. — I used to hear better with that earphone.

Oír present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus the irregular gerund oyendo — “hearing.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy oyendo	I am hearing
Tú — you, singular informal	estás oyendo	you are hearing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está oyendo	he / she is hearing; you are hearing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos oyendo	we are hearing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis oyendo	you are hearing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están oyendo	they are hearing; you are hearing (plural)

• Estoy oyendo voces en el pasillo. — I am hearing voices in the hallway.

Oír near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and oír.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a oír	I am going to hear
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a oír	you are going to hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a oír	he / she is going to hear; you are going to hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a oír	we are going to hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a oír	you are going to hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a oír	they are going to hear; you are going to hear (plural)

• Voy a oír la grabación completa. — I am going to hear the full recording.

Oír future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oiré	I will hear
Tú — you, singular informal	oirás	you will hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oirá	he / she will hear; you will hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oiremos	we will hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oiréis	you will hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oirán	they will hear; you will hear (plural)

• Oirás la señal al final. — You will hear the signal at the end.

Oír conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oiría	I would hear
Tú — you, singular informal	oirías	you would hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oiría	he / she would hear; you would hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oiríamos	we would hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oiríais	you would hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oirían	they would hear; you would hear (plural)

• Oiría mejor con menos ruido. — I would hear better with less noise.

Oír present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he oído	I have heard
Tú — you, singular informal	has oído	you have heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha oído	he / she has heard; you have heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos oído	we have heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis oído	you have heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han oído	they have heard; you have heard (plural)

• He oído esa historia muchas veces. — I have heard that story many times.

Oír past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había oído	I had heard
Tú — you, singular informal	habías oído	you had heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había oído	he / she had heard; you had heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos oído	we had heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais oído	you had heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían oído	they had heard; you had heard (plural)

• Ya habíamos oído la noticia. — We had already heard the news.

Oír future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré oído	I will have heard
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás oído	you will have heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá oído	he / she will have heard; you will have heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos oído	we will have heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis oído	you will have heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán oído	they will have heard; you will have heard (plural)

• Para entonces habrán oído todas las grabaciones. — By then they will have heard all the recordings.

Oír conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría oído	I would have heard
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías oído	you would have heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría oído	he / she would have heard; you would have heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos oído	we would have heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais oído	you would have heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían oído	they would have heard; you would have heard (plural)

• Habría oído el aviso con la puerta abierta. — I would have heard the warning with the door open.

Oír subjunctive conjugations

Oír present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The present subjunctive uses the oig- family.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oiga	that I hear
Tú — you, singular informal	oigas	that you hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oiga	that he / she hear; that you hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oigamos	that we hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oigáis	that you hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oigan	that they hear; that you hear (plural)

• Quiero que oigas esta pronunciación. — I want you to hear this pronunciation.

Oír imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. These forms use the oyer- family; the main table shows the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oyera	that I heard
Tú — you, singular informal	oyeras	that you heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oyera	that he / she heard; that you heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oyéramos	that we heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oyerais	that you heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oyeran	that they heard; that you heard (plural)

• Preferían que oyéramos la grabación completa. — They preferred that we hear the full recording.
• Era importante que oyeses la alarma. — It was important that you hear the alarm.

Oír future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare forms use the oyer- family.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	oyere	if / when I should hear
Tú — you, singular informal	oyeres	if / when you should hear
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	oyere	if / when he / she should hear; if / when you should hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	oyéremos	if / when we should hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oyereis	if / when you should hear (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	oyeren	if / when they should hear; if / when you should hear (plural)

• Quien oyere la señal deberá detenerse. — Whoever should hear the signal must stop.

Oír present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya oído	that I have heard
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas oído	that you have heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya oído	that he / she has heard; that you have heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos oído	that we have heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis oído	that you have heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan oído	that they have heard; that you have heard (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas oído la noticia. — I am glad that you heard the news.

Oír past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera oído	that I had heard
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras oído	that you had heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera oído	that he / she had heard; that you had heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos oído	that we had heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais oído	that you had heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran oído	that they had heard; that you had heard (plural)

• Si hubiera oído la alarma, habría salido antes. — If I had heard the alarm, I would have left earlier.
• Si hubieses oído el mensaje, lo sabrías. — If you had heard the message, you would know.

Oír future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle oído.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere oído	if / when I should have heard
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres oído	if / when you should have heard
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere oído	if / when he / she should have heard; if / when you should have heard (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos oído	if / when we should have heard
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis oído	if / when you should have heard (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren oído	if / when they should have heard; if / when you should have heard (plural)

• Si hubieren oído la advertencia, deberán confirmarlo. — If they should have heard the warning, they must confirm it.

Oír imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources by person and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Oír affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	oye	hear
Usted — you, singular formal	oiga	hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	oigamos	let’s hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	oíd	hear (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	oigan	hear (plural)

• Oye lo que te digo. — Listen to / hear what I am telling you.

Oír negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no oigas	do not hear
Usted — you, singular formal	no oiga	do not hear (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no oigamos	let’s not hear
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no oigáis	do not hear (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no oigan	do not hear (plural)

• No oigas solo una versión de la historia. — Do not listen to only one version of the story.

Common constructions with Oír

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• oír algo / a alguien. — to hear something / someone.
• oír + infinitive. — to hear someone or something doing an action.
• oír hablar de algo. — to hear about something.

Example sentences with Oír

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• No te oigo bien. — I cannot hear you well.
• ¿Oíste ese ruido? — Did you hear that noise?
• Oigo cantar a los pájaros. — I hear the birds singing.
• Espero que oigas la diferencia. — I hope you hear the difference.
• He oído hablar de ese lugar. — I have heard of that place.
• Oiga, se le ha caído la cartera. — Excuse me, you dropped your wallet.

Regional and usage notes for Oír

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos oís ese ruido también. — You hear that noise too. (voseo)
• Oí lo que te digo. — Listen to / hear what I am telling you. (affirmative vos command)

For oír, learn several linked families: oigo / oiga, oyes / oyó / oyeron / oyera / oyere, and the accented forms oí, oímos, oído. Keep the gerund oyendo separate as well.