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chiviar

Spanish, verb/t͡ʃiˈbjaɾ/

chiviar is spelled C-H-I-V-I-A-R (7 letters). Chiviar is a Spanish verb meaning “alternative spelling of chivear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar una chiva o información de último minuto (primicia)”.

What does chiviar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    alternative spelling of chivear

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dar una chiva o información de último minuto (primicia). 2. Pasar una noticia antes de que esta sea oficial, adelantándose a otros periodistas o medios.

verb: 1. Jugar a las cartas o a los dados.

verb: 1. Producir mercancía sin licencia y a bajo precio, muy similar a la original.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of chiviar

  • chivio first-person present singular
  • chivié first-person preterite singular
  • chiviado participle past
  • chiviando gerund
  • chiviada feminine participle past
  • chiviados masculine participle past
  • chiviadas feminine participle past
  • chivias indicative informal present
  • chiviás indicative informal present
  • chivia indicative present singular
  • chiviamos first-person indicative plural
  • chiviáis indicative plural present
  • chivian indicative plural present
  • chiviaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • chiviabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • chiviábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • chiviabais imperfect indicative plural
  • chiviaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chiviar?

  • /t͡ʃiˈbjaɾ/
  • [t͡ʃiˈβ̞jaɾ]
  • [t͡ʃiβ̞iˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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