ouviu

Ouviu is a conjugated form of the Portuguese verb ouvir, meaning to hear or to listen. It corresponds to the third person singular in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo, used to describe a completed act of hearing in the past. The form can refer to ele (he), ela (she), or você (you) in Brazilian usage, where the pronoun você takes the same verb form as ele/ela.

In practice, ouvíu is used to report that someone heard something, often with a direct object specifying what was heard. Examples include: Ele ouviu a música ao longe. Ela ouviu o barulho vindo do corredor. Você ouviu o que ele disse? The construction is transitive, typically paired with nouns or clauses that denote sound, speech, or noise.

Grammatical notes: ouvir is a regular verb in many tenses, but its pretérito perfeito forms are unique in eu ouvi and ele/ela ouviu. The verb also has related forms across moods and tenses, such as ouviste (tu) or ouviremos (nós), and the subjunctive ouvisse. Etymologically, ouvir derives from Latin audire.

See also: ouvir, ouvidos, audição.