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desoír

to ignore

verb deh-soh-EER Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

to disregard

Usage Note

Desoír means to deliberately fail to heed advice, a warning, or an order — closer to 'to turn a deaf ear to' than merely 'not to hear'. It is conjugated like oír throughout: desoye, desoyó, desoiga. It is formal and common in legal, journalistic, and political writing, e.g. desoír una orden judicial (to disregard a court order).

Examples

"El gobierno decidió desoír las advertencias de los expertos."

Natural Translation

The government decided to ignore the experts' warnings.

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