escucha a tu profesor
/eskut͡ʃa a tu pɾofesoɾ/from spelling rules
To say "listen to your teacher" in Spanish, use escucha a tu profesor.
This phrase is a command used to tell someone to pay attention to what their teacher is saying. You can use the terms profesor/a or maestro/a as titles for a teacher.
Which one should you use?
The command escucha is the informal singular version, used when speaking to one child or student you know well. In contrast, escuche is the formal singular imperative, used if you were addressing a single student with high formality.
How does it change in a sentence?
If the teacher is female, use the feminine form profesora instead of the masculine profesor. If you are addressing a group of students, use the plural imperative escuchen and the plural possessive su, as seen in escuchen a su profesor. For an informal way to say "pay attention to your teacher" to a single person, you can use Pon atención a tu maestro/a.
How do you pronounce it?
/eskutʃa a tu pɾofesoɾ/
Did you know?
- The word profesor shares an ancient root with the Latin verb fateor, which means 'to confess' or 'to admit'.
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, the term maestro can refer to a master of a craft or a great musical conductor, not just a classroom teacher.
- In many Spanish-speaking classrooms, instead of saying escucha, a teacher might simply say atención to signal the class to stop talking and listen.
Examples in context
- Escuche a su maestra y aprenda de su sabiduría.Listen to your teacher and learn from their wisdom.
- Escucha a tu maestro y aprende de su experiencia.Listen to your teacher and learn from their experience.
- Pon atención a tu maestro, él te puede guiar en el camino correcto.Pay attention to your teacher, they can guide you on the right path.
- Escucha a tu profesor en clase.Listen to your teacher in class.
- Si quieres aprender, escucha a tu profesor.If you want to learn, listen to your teacher.
- ¡Escucha a tu profesor ahora mismo!Listen to your teacher right now!
Example conversation
A mother is talking to her son before he enters the classroom.
- LucíaMateo, entra ya a la clase.Mateo, go into the class now.
- MateoNo quiero entrar todavía.I don't want to go in yet.
- LucíaDebes entrar y escucha a tu profesor.You must go in and listen to your teacher.
- MateoEstá bien, ya voy.All right, I'm going.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries a, escucha, profesor, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
