Usage examples of "oye" in Spanish with translation to English

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Oye dos veces para hablar una vez. Hear twice better you speak once.
¡Oye tú! ¿Qué estás haciendo? Hey, you! What are you doing?
Oye, ¿ya te enteraste? Susan está embarazada. Hey, did you hear? Susan has a bun in the oven.
Oye, amigo. Solo te quiero ayudar. Hey pal. I just want to help you.
Tom llora cada vez que oye esta canción. Tom cries every time he hears this song.
¡Oye, menso! ¡Este es nuestro territorio! Hey, twirp! This here is our territory!
Tom oye de Mary de vez en cuando. Tom hears from Mary every now and then.
Oye, te olvidas tu beso. Perdona, tus llaves. Hey, you forgot your kiss. Sorry, your keys.
Cuando Fred oye que la música está muy fuerte, se enfada. When Fred hears loud music, he gets annoyed.
Oye, ¿cuál es el gran secreto? Anda; cuéntame a mí también. Hey, what's the big secret? Come on; let me in on it.
¿Sabíais que un francés no oye la diferencia entre "la simetría" y "la asimetría"? Did you know that, in French, one doesn't hear the difference between "the symmetry" and "the asymmetry"?
¡Oye Tom! ¿Sabías que cambiarte el nombre de hecho es posible? Hey, Tom! Did you know changing your name is actually possible?
Cree que se está quedando sordo porque ya no oye a la gente hablar de él. He thinks he's becoming deaf because he doesn't hear people talking about him anymore.
Sentado en la oscuridad escribiendo en su ordenador, oye el ruido de los pájaros que pían por la mañana y se da cuenta de que se ha quedado despierto toda la noche, pero el insomne todavía se niega a dormir. As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
¿Oyes cantar a los pájaros? Do you hear the birds singing?
En cuanto oyó el timbre, contestó el teléfono. As soon as she heard the bell ring, she answered the telephone.
¿Oyes de ella a menudo? Do you hear from her often?
Te oigo alto y claro. I hear you loud and clear.
Yo oigo con mis oídos. I hear with my ears.
Rara vez oigo de él. I seldom hear from him.
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