chiflar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish chiflar, from a Vulgar Latin *sīfilō, *sīfilāre, as a variant of Latin sībilō, sībilāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈflaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈflaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: chi‧flar

Verb

chiflar (first-person singular present chiflo, first-person singular preterite chiflé, past participle chiflado)

  1. (intransitive) to whistle
    ¡Oye cómo chifla de bien!
    Hear how well he whistles!
    Synonym: silbar
  2. (transitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to whistle at
    No me chifles así.
    Don't whistle at me like that.
    Se la chifló.
    She whistled at her.

Usage notes

Used more often in Latin America than Spain. This verb may contrast with silbar in referring to either a more vulgar, or louder, whistling.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of chiflar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive chiflar
gerund chiflando
past participle masculine feminine
singular chiflado chiflada
plural chiflados chifladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chiflo chiflastú
chiflásvos		 chifla chiflamos chifláis chiflan
imperfect chiflaba chiflabas chiflaba chiflábamos chiflabais chiflaban
preterite chiflé chiflaste chifló chiflamos chiflasteis chiflaron
future chiflaré chiflarás chiflará chiflaremos chiflaréis chiflarán
conditional chiflaría chiflarías chiflaría chiflaríamos chiflaríais chiflarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chifle chiflestú
chiflésvos2		 chifle chiflemos chifléis chiflen
imperfect
(ra)		 chiflara chiflaras chiflara chifláramos chiflarais chiflaran
imperfect
(se)		 chiflase chiflases chiflase chiflásemos chiflaseis chiflasen
future1 chiflare chiflares chiflare chifláremos chiflareis chiflaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative chiflatú
chiflávos		 chifle chiflemos chiflad chiflen
negative no chifles no chifle no chiflemos no chifléis no chiflen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of chiflar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive chiflar
dative chiflarme chiflarte chiflarle, chiflarse chiflarnos chiflaros chiflarles, chiflarse
accusative chiflarme chiflarte chiflarlo, chiflarla, chiflarse chiflarnos chiflaros chiflarlos, chiflarlas, chiflarse
with gerund chiflando
dative chiflándome chiflándote chiflándole, chiflándose chiflándonos chiflándoos chiflándoles, chiflándose
accusative chiflándome chiflándote chiflándolo, chiflándola, chiflándose chiflándonos chiflándoos chiflándolos, chiflándolas, chiflándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chifla
dative chíflame chíflate chíflale chíflanos not used chíflales
accusative chíflame chíflate chíflalo, chíflala chíflanos not used chíflalos, chíflalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chiflá
dative chiflame chiflate chiflale chiflanos not used chiflales
accusative chiflame chiflate chiflalo, chiflala chiflanos not used chiflalos, chiflalas
with formal second-person singular imperative chifle
dative chífleme not used chíflele, chíflese chíflenos not used chífleles
accusative chífleme not used chíflelo, chíflela, chíflese chíflenos not used chíflelos, chíflelas
with first-person plural imperative chiflemos
dative not used chiflémoste chiflémosle chiflémonos chiflémoos chiflémosles
accusative not used chiflémoste chiflémoslo, chiflémosla chiflémonos chiflémoos chiflémoslos, chiflémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chiflad
dative chifladme not used chifladle chifladnos chiflaos chifladles
accusative chifladme not used chifladlo, chifladla chifladnos chiflaos chifladlos, chifladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chiflen
dative chíflenme not used chíflenle chíflennos not used chíflenles, chíflense
accusative chíflenme not used chíflenlo, chíflenla chíflennos not used chíflenlos, chíflenlas, chíflense

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