to hear (perceive a sound)
Passive perception. For deliberate listening the verb is a asculta.
Nu aud nimic.
I can't hear anything.
Mă auzi?
Can you hear me?
#98 · Verb
auzi
In Romanian, auzi means “to hear (perceive a sound)”. It’s the #98 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
A auzi is "to hear", rank 98. Its top form is the participle auzit, because most hearing is already done: Am auzit, "I heard". It is also the source of two everyday moves — Auzi? used to catch somebody’s attention, closer to "Hey" than to a question, and Am auzit că… for passing on news.
neutralto hear that / to find out
With că, for news received second-hand.
Am auzit că pleci.
I heard you're leaving.
hey / listen (Auzi?)
An attention-getter at the start of a sentence, informal and very common.
Auzi, ai un minut?
Hey, have you got a minute?
to hear of / to know about (a auzi de)
With de, meaning to have heard of something at all.
Ai auzit de el?
Have you heard of him?
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 3 forms cover about 91% of everyday use — learn these first.
auzit55%
auzi20%
aud15%
Show 12 more forms
aude3%
audă2%
auziți2%
auzim1%
auzea<1%
auzite<1%
auzisem<1%
auzită<1%
auzeai<1%
auzind<1%
auzise<1%
auzeam<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- a auzi
- Past Participle
- auzit
- Gerund
- auzind
- Imperative Singular
- auzi
- Imperative Plural
- auziți
- Auxiliary
- a avea
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- transitive
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | aud | auzi | aude | auzim | auziți | aud |
| Imperfect | auzeam | auzeai | auzea | auzeam | auzeați | auzeau |
| Perfect compus | am auzit | ai auzit | a auzit | am auzit | ați auzit | au auzit |
| Future | voi auzi | vei auzi | va auzi | vom auzi | veți auzi | vor auzi |
| Conditional | aș auzi | ai auzi | ar auzi | am auzi | ați auzi | ar auzi |
| Subjunctive | să aud | să auzi | să audă | să auzim | să auziți | să audă |
- Unlike a vorbi and a găsi, this -i verb takes no -esc: it is aud and aude, never *auzesc.
- The 2nd-singular present auzi is identical to the infinitive and to the singular imperative — three jobs, one form.
- The participle auzit also works as an adjective and then agrees: o veste auzită de toți.
Examples
Mă auzi?
Can you hear me?
auzi - The object clitic mă comes before the verb. Romanian needs no equivalent of "can" — the plain present carries it.
Am auzit că te muți.
I heard you're moving.
auzit - The participle in the compound past, and the most frequent form of the verb. că introduces the reported news.
Nu aud bine.
I can't hear well.
aud - The 1st singular aud, which also serves the 3rd plural. Note bine, the adverb, because it modifies a verb.
Auzi, unde ai pus cheile?
Hey, where did you put the keys?
auzi - The attention-getter. It is not really a question — it simply opens the sentence, like English "Listen".
Vreau să aud și părerea ta.
I want to hear your opinion too.
să aud - For eu the subjunctive matches the present. și here means "too", not "and".
Vorbește tare, ca să te audă.
Speak up so he can hear you.
să audă - The 3rd-person subjunctive audă is irregular and does not resemble aude. ca să introduces a purpose.
A auzi is hearing, a asculta is listening. Te aud means "I can hear you"; te ascult means "I am listening to you". Saying Nu te ascult when you mean you cannot hear somebody tells them you are ignoring them on purpose.