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eu ouvia

heard, was listening to

→ ouvir
ouv to hear + ia Imperfect tense (I/he/she)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #14,411
heard, was listening to The imperfect form of “ouvir” can describe hearing something or listening to it over a period of time.
PO: Eu ouvia música enquanto estudava.
EN: I listened to music while I studied.
Conjugation of ouvir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First ouvia —
Third ouvia —

Ele ouvia música no quarto dele.

He was listening to music in his room.

Quanto tempo que não te ouvia cantar!

It's been so long since I heard you sing!

— Volver (2006)

Só ouvia.

I could only listen.

— Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos (1989)

Está agora no canal de rádio do caminhão que ele ouvia.

It's now on the radio channel in the truck that he used to listen to.

— Justiça Artificial (2026)

Caralho, há muito tempo que eu não ouvia esse nome.

Fuck, I haven't heard that name in a long time.

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Não ouvia meus passos.

I couldn't hear my footsteps.

— Pacto de Sangue (1944)

O que eu ouvia ao atirar no cretino!

What I heard when I shot the idiot!

— Chicago (2002)

Não se ouvia nenhum ruído no quarto.

There was no noise in the room.

Eu adormeci enquanto ouvia um audiolivro.

I fell asleep while listening to an audiobook.

Sempre ouvia sobre as festas de Manderley e agora vou ver.

I'd always heard about the parties at Manderley, and now I'm going to see them.

— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)

Ele ouvia música no seu quarto.

He was listening to music in his room.

Ao chegar a"Kuzmich", chorava e a"ouço rumores"já não se ouvia com o pranto.

By the time they got to “Kuzmich,” they were crying, and “I hear rumors” could no longer be heard over the sobbing.

— Guerra e Paz (1968)

Minha mãe me ouvia calada.

My mother listened to me in silence.

Ela voltou ao Vesúvio e ouvia contar coisas do passado da senhora daquela casa.

She returned to Vesuvius and listened to stories about the past of the lady of that house.

— Vale Abraão (1993)

Sua mãe ouvia todos esses discos?

Did your mother listen to all these records?

— A Partida (2008)

Àquela altura, ninguém ouvia mais nada.

By then, nobody could hear anything anymore.

— Carandiru (2003)

Ele fingiu que não ouvia seu chefe.

He pretended not to hear his boss.

Tom não conseguia acreditar no que ouvia.

Tom couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Você não me ouvia!

You weren't listening to me!

— Dupla Perigosa (2026)

Mas ninguém ouvia.

But nobody was listening.

— Uma História de Amor e Fúria (2013)

Era uma frase que eu ouvia cada vez mais.

It was a phrase I heard more and more often.

De vez em quando, eu pedia silêncio, mas não se ouvia nada ao longe.

Every now and then, I asked for silence, but nothing could be heard in the distance.

Enquanto ouvia isso, de repente fiquei com inveja.

As I listened to this, I suddenly felt envious.

— Em Chamas (2018)

Ouvia isso quando era sucesso.

I used to hear that when it was a hit.

— Cães de Aluguel (1992)

Se não ouvia as palavras, não dava para saber se era briga.

If you couldn't hear the words, you couldn't tell if it was a fight.

— Anatomia de uma Queda (2023)