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oyente

listener

noun oh-YEN-teh Rare
Communication Media

Also means

auditor

Usage Note

Oyente refers to someone who listens, whether to a radio broadcast or a lecture. In academic contexts, an oyente is a student who attends a class without being formally enrolled — equivalent to 'auditing' a course. The plural oyentes is common in broadcasting: los oyentes de la emisora ('the station's listeners').

Examples

"Los oyentes llamaron a la emisora."

Natural Translation

The listeners called the radio station.

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