Looking to one side may be called scanning.
To look is a verb that refers to the action of looking in the direction of something . In general, the term is linked to a superficial glance or a glance , without the person in question concentrating their attention on what they are observing.
For example: “I'm going to look through the newspaper for a while and then I'll prepare a snack” , “While looking through the garden, the woman was surprised by the presence of a squirrel” , “What are you doing looking through my diary?”
Ojear as a synonym for aojar
The idea of ojear is also used as a synonym for aojar : to cast the evil eye on a person. Superstition indicates that the evil eye is that which a subject can produce in another through his gaze. Therefore, by casting the evil eye on a person, he could cause some kind of harm.
Each culture has different methods to avoid or cure the evil eye. Amulets, talismans or rituals are often aimed at protecting people from envy, which is often pointed out as the origin of the evil eye.
The action of peeking may consist of performing an evil eye.
The term in sport
In the world of sport, it is common to talk about scouts. These belong to clubs from different disciplines and what they do is attend other teams' matches with the clear purpose of discovering players with great potential in order to sign them.
Youngsters thus become the target of many scouts who do not hesitate to find out who they are, their careers and the qualities they have. Only in this way will they recommend to the teams they work for that these future promises are worth signing.
In the field of football, for example, the role of these professionals who work both to provide the youth academy with young players with a great future and to find players who are very valuable so that they can form part of the first teams is essential.
Other uses of the term ojear
Ojear can also be used in other senses, as accepted in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) . When the term comes from Hispanic Arabic, ojear consists of making noises to achieve that, in the context of a hunt, the prey becomes frightened and moves to a place where the hunter can catch it more easily.
By extension, the term "ojear" refers to the action carried out in order to scare away an animal or a human being .
It must be said that this verb sometimes confuses many people, who have doubts about whether it is written with an H or not. In this sense, it must be said that hojear is another verb, which is used to indicate that a person is quickly turning the pages of a book or notebook and quickly reading some of the paragraphs or fragments that it contains.