las paredes oyen

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “The walls hear”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /las paˌɾedes ˈoʝen/ [las paˌɾe.ð̞es ˈo.ʝẽn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /las paˌɾedes ˈoʝen/ [las paˌɾe.ð̞es ˈo.ʝẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /las paˌɾedes ˈoʃen/ [las paˌɾe.ð̞es ˈo.ʃẽn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /las paˌɾedes ˈoʒen/ [las paˌɾe.ð̞es ˈo.ʒẽn]

• Syllabification: las pa‧re‧des o‧yen

Proverb

las paredes oyen

1. walls have ears

Further reading

• “las paredes oyen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28