auscultar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultō. Doublet of escoltar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əws.kulˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aws.kulˈtaɾ/

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, past participle auscultat)

1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)

Further reading

• “auscultar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre, present active infinitive of auscultō (“I listen”). Compare the inherited doublet escutar.

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present indicative ausculto, past participle auscultado)

1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
   • 2013, Patricia Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Martha Keene Elkin, Procedimentos e Intervenções de Enfermagem, Elsevier Brasil →ISBN, page 136

     Se você auscultar ruídos adventícios, faça o paciente tossir. Ouça mais uma vez com o estetoscópio para determinar se o som abafou com a tosse.

2. (figuratively) to examine
3. (figuratively) to sound out (to question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference)
   • 2011, Manuel da Silva Ramos, Três Vidas ao Espelho, Leya →ISBN, page 254

     ... estilo de vida boémio e tabernal para auscultar e consciencializar as classes mais desfavorecidas que continuavam a gostar de vinho e de chalaça.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre, present active infinitive of auscultō (“I listen”). Compare the inherited doublet escuchar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auskulˈtaɾ/, [au̯skul̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite ausculté, past participle auscultado)

1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)

Further reading

• “auscultar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.