chifre

Ultimately from a Vulgar Latin sīfilāre, as a variant of Latin sībilāre, present active infinitive of sībilō. Cognate with Portuguese chifre and Spanish chiflo.

• xifre, xipro, chifro, chífaro, chifra

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃifɾe̝/

chifre m (plural chifres)

1. whistle

   Synonyms: asubío, pito

2. horsetail (Equisetum)

   Synonyms: rabo de cabalo, xestela

3. panpipes

• “chifre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chifre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chifre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

chifre

1. inflection of chifrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Rhymes: -ifɾi, -ifɾɨ
• Hyphenation: chi‧fre

Borrowed from Spanish chifle, from chiflar (“to hiss, to whistle”), from Vulgar Latin *sīfilāre, from Latin sībilāre (“to hiss, to whistle”).

chifre m (plural chifres)

1. horn, antler (bone outgrowth on the head of some mammals)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) a loving betrayal

   colocar chifre em alguém

   cheat on someone (lit. put a horn on someone)

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcifri
• Kabuverdianu: tchifri

chifre

1. inflection of chifrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “chifre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chifre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.