assobiar
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin assībilāre.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.so.biˈa(ʁ)/ [a.so.bɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.soˈbja(ʁ)/ [a.soˈbja(h)], /a.su.biˈa(ʁ)/ [a.su.bɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.suˈbja(ʁ)/ [a.suˈbja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.so.biˈa(ɾ)/ [a.so.bɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.soˈbja(ɾ)/, /a.su.biˈa(ɾ)/ [a.su.bɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.suˈbja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.so.biˈa(ʁ)/ [a.so.bɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.soˈbja(ʁ)/ [a.soˈbja(χ)], /a.su.biˈa(ʁ)/ [a.su.bɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.suˈbja(ʁ)/ [a.suˈbja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.so.biˈa(ɻ)/ [a.so.bɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.soˈbja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: as‧so‧bi‧ar
Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Conjugation of assobiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “assobiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024