assobiar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Assobio (“whistle”) + -ar, from Latin ad- + sībilus (“hissing”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /a.so.bi.ˈa(ɾ)/, /a.so.ˈbja(ɾ)/, /a.su.bi.ˈa(ɾ)/, /a.su.ˈbja(ɾ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.su.ˈβjaɾ/
Verb
assobiar (first-person singular present indicative assobio, past participle assobiado)
- (intransitive) to whistle (to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth)
- (transitive) to whistle a song
- (of a bird) to produce birdsongs
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb assobiar
Synonyms
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