Meaning · verb
to hear
- to listen to (formal)
In a sentence
Non riesco a udire bene con tutto questo rumore.
I can't hear well with all this noise.
Hai udito cosa ha detto Luca ieri?
Did you hear what Luca said yesterday?
All'improvviso abbiamo udito un grido provenire dalla strada.
Suddenly we heard a shout coming from the street.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| udire | infinitive |
| udiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| odo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| udite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| odi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| odono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ode | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| udivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| udivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| udivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| udivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| udivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| udiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| udimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| udii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| udiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| udisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| udirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| udì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| udremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| udrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| udrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| udrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| udranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| udrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| udiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| oda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| udiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| oda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| odano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| oda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| udissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| udissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| udiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| udissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| udissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| udisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| udremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| udrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| udreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| udresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| udrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| udrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| udiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| udite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| odi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| udendo | gerund |
| udito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'udire' for passive hearing (e.g., sounds, voices). Use 'ascoltare' for active listening (e.g., music, a speech).
- 'Udire' is less common than 'sentire' in everyday speech; 'sentire' covers hearing, feeling, and smelling.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho udito'). No agreement with direct object.
- present: odo, odi, ode, udiamo, udite, odono