chiflar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to whistle
- (transitive) to whistle at
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish chiflar inherited from Latin sīfilāre, sībilāre.
Origin
Latin
sībilāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- siffle English
- *sīfilāre Latin
- *sūbilāre Latin
- *sūfilāre Latin
- sibilāre Latin
- sībilāre Latin
- sīfilāre Latin
- sibilare Italian
- sibilatore Italian
- sifflable French
- sifflement French
- siffler French
- siffleux French
- siffloter French
- silbar Spanish, Castilian
- sifler Old French
- chifre Galician
- siflar Ido
- fiular Occitan
- sivilâ Friulian
- ciblar Old Occitan
- chiflar Old Spanish
- sifflé Louisiana Creole French
- siular Old Catalan