слу́шать

very common #189B1

verbimperfective perfective is послу́шать

1.
to listen to, to listen
Я люблю́ слу́шать му́зыку по вечера́м.
I like listening to music in the evenings.
Takes a direct object in Russian: слушать музыку/кого-нибудь.
2.
to listen closely, to listen out for
Слу́шай внима́тельно, я повторя́ть не бу́ду.
Listen carefully, I won't repeat it.
Often with внимательно or with тишину/шаги as object.
3.
to attend, to hear (lectures), to take (a course)education
Она́ слу́шает ле́кции по исто́рии иску́сства.
She is attending lectures on art history.
Of university courses and lectures.
4.
(rare) to hear (a case), to trylaw
Суд слу́шает э́то дело второй день.
The court has been hearing this case for a second day.
Of a court examining a case.

Examples

Я очень люблю́ слу́шать класси́ческую му́зыку.
I like listening to classical music a lot.
Не слу́шайте э́того мужчи́ну.
Don't listen to the man.
Пожалуйста, слу́шайте.
Please listen.
Никто бы не стал слу́шать.
No one would've listened.
Заткни́сь и слу́шай!
Shut up and listen.
Докла́дчика не слу́шал никто.
None were listening to the speaker.
Ты слу́шаешь сейчас ра́дио?
Are you listening to the radio?
Я слу́шал му́зыку птиц.
I listened to the music of birds.

Imperative
ты	слу́шай
вы	слу́шайте

Active present	слу́шающий	listening
Active past	слу́шавший	listening, having listened
Passive present	слу́шаемый	listened to, being listened to
Passive past	слушанный	listened to, heard, heeded
Gerund present	слу́шая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	слушав слушавши	while doing (past)

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Verb	Prefix	Meaning
слу́шать	-	to listen to; to listen closely; to attend; to hear (a case)
слу́шаться	-	to obey
вы́слушать	вы-	to hear out; to auscultate
дослу́шать	до-	to listen to the end