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assobiar.

to whistle (to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.so.biˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[a.so.biˈa(h)]Brazil/a.soˈbja(ʁ)/Brazil[a.soˈbja(h)]Brazil
  1. to whistle (to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth)

    intransitive
  2. to whistle a song

    transitive
  3. to produce birdsongs

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sweysd-der.? Latin sībilus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sībilō Latin assībilāre Portuguese assobiar Inherited from Latin assībilāre.

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