la oídos

Question

Please tell me this is a typo, and it should be los oídos . . . ''?

Sería mejor que se pongan los dedos en la oídos.

And also: the word I knew for ears was orejas. The dictionary indicates that orejas are external and oídos are the internal part. Is this used consistently'

Answer 1

James Santiago said:

Since no one has ventured an answer, I'll try. Would "My ears just popped" be "Se me acaban de destapar los oídos"?

Yo diría "destaponar" más que "destapar", but it doesn't sound bad anyway.

Answer 2

Gracias por todas las respuestas. Me gusta mucho saber que es los oídos, y ¡no tengo que aprender otra excepción a las reglas!

Answer 3

I asked about:
*BTW, how would we say "My ear is plugged/stopped up"? Se me ha tapado el oído?

And how about "My ears just popped'" We say this, for example, when we move to a lower altitude and the pressure inside our ears adjusts suddenly, allowing us to hear more clearly.*

Since no one has ventured an answer, I'll try. Would "My ears just popped" be "Se me acaban de destapar los oídos"'

Answer 4

Eddy said:

I always thought the inner ear was "oído interno"

"Oído interno" is "inner ear", but that's behind the eardrum, after the vestibule. Strictly speaking, "oído" covers the inner, middle and outer ear, but in normal conversation, "oído" is only inside, and is rarely used for the pinna. In old fire weapons, the holes used to add the powder and the wick were also called "oídos".

Answer 5

I always thought the inner ear was "oído interno"

Answer 6

samdie said:

Is it not also the case that one uses (preferentially, if not exclusively) when referring to the ears as "instruments of hearing"? e.g. "tapar los oídos"

That's the way I've heard it used. I only hear orejas when people are talking about the bits of skin and cartilage that constitute an ear on the side of the head. As in "ÿl tiene las orejas enormes."

BTW, how would we say "My ear is plugged/stopped up"? Se me ha tapado el oído?

And how about "My ears just popped'" We say this, for example, when we move to a lower altitude and the pressure inside our ears adjusts suddenly, allowing us to hear more clearly.

Answer 7

Is it not also the case that one uses (preferentially, if not exclusively) when referring to the ears as "instruments of hearing"? e.g. "tapar los oídos"

Answer 8

It should be "los oídos".

I haven't though much about your other question, but if I hear "oreja" I think of the external visible part, and for "oído" I think of the inner part. I would say: " Me limpio la oreja con una esponja (de baño), y el oído con un bastoncillo (Q-tip)", but not the other way around.