aguzar las orejas

Spanish

Verb

aguzar las orejas (first-person singular present aguzo las orejas, first-person singular preterite agucé las orejas, past participle aguzado las orejas)

1. (idiomatic) to prick up one's ears

Further reading

• “aguzar las orejas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10