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The Spanish word for whistle is
silbato





whistle

Gender

The gender of silbato is masculine. E.g. el silbato.

Plural

The plural of silbato is silbatos.

Spanish Definition


whistle
     1. n. Silbato.
     2. n. Silbido.



Translations for whistle and their definitions

silbar
     1. v. to whistle


chifle
     1. n-m. whistle
     2. n-m. (Ecuador, Peru) an appetizer dish of fried green plantain
     3. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of chiflar


pito
     1. n-m. whistle
           (synonyms, silbato, chifle)
     2. n-m. fife
     3. n-m. catcall
     4. n-m. woodpecker
     5. n-m. (slang) cigarette, especially marijuana cigarette
     6. n-m. (slang) penis
     7. n-m. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay) tobacco pipe
     8. n-m. (Central America) coffee bean
     9. v. first-person singular present indicative of pitar


chiflar
     1. v. to whistle
           ¡Oye cómo chifla de bien! - Hear how well he whistles!
     2. v. to whistle at
           No me chifles así. - Don't whistle at me like that.
           Se la chifló. - She whistled at her.


pitido
     1. n-m. whistle, beep (sound)
     2. n-m. bleep (i.e. sound of a word being censored)


silbato
     1. n-m. whistle (instrument)
     2. n-m. whistle (sound)


pitar
     1. v. to whistle, buzz, beep, honk, puff
     2. v. (sports) to referee, call (to make a decision as a referee or umpire)
           El arbitró pitó falta - The referee called a foul.


chiflido
     1. n-m. whistle (sound made by whistling)


pitada
     1. Participle. feminine singular of pitado


chifla
     1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of chiflar


rechifla
     1. n-f. catcall, boo, jeer, hiss


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation

Mexican Dialect

silbato



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