English-Portuguese translations for hear of

• ouvir falar
  Ora, o Conselho não quis ouvir falar dessa mobilização. The Council, however, would not hear of this mobilisation.
  O menino já não quer ser romeno nem ouvir falar da Roménia. The child no longer wants to be a Romanian or to hear of Romania.

Definition of hear of

• To become aware of through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience
• To permit or tolerate

Examples

• I first heard of the Electra complex when I was studying psychology.
• Sorry buddy, Ive never heard of you.

Related words

• unheard of
• heart of hearts
• heart of gold
• heart of glass
• heart of palm
• heart of stone
• hearing of witnesses
• after due hearing of the parties
• of hearts