assobiar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === assoviar === Etymology === Inherited from Latin assībilāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: as‧so‧bi‧ar === Verb === assobiar (first-person singular present assobio, first-person singular preterite assobiei, 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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to whistle): ciciar, sibilar, silvar (to produce a birdsong): cantar ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “assobiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “assobiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026