silbo

See also: Silbo and silbó

Gothic

Romanization

silbō

Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐍉

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsilbo/ [ˈsil.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ilbo
Syllabification: sil‧bo

Etymology 1

From Latin sibilus.

Noun

silbo m (plural silbos)

whistle, whistling (sound, act of whistling)
Synonyms: pito, pitido

Related terms

silbato (“whistle device”)
silbido (“natural whistling sound”)

Verb

silbo

first-person singular present indicative of silbar

Further reading

“silbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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