silvar

Portuguese

From Old Galician-Portuguese silvar, *sivlar, from Latin sibilāre (“to hiss”), with metathesis. Compare the borrowed doublet sibilar. Cognate with Spanish silbar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siwˈva(ʁ)/ [siʊ̯ˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siwˈva(ɾ)/ [siʊ̯ˈva(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siwˈva(ʁ)/ [siʊ̯ˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siwˈva(ɻ)/ [siʊ̯ˈva(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /silˈvaɾ/ [siɫˈvaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /silˈbaɾ/ [siɫˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /silˈva.ɾi/ [siɫˈva.ɾi]

silvar (first-person singular present silvo, first-person singular preterite silvei, past participle silvado)

Conjugation of silvar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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