silbar
Spanish, verb/silˈbaɾ/
silbar is spelled S-I-L-B-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Realizar silbidos”.
What does silbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whistle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Realizar silbidos. 2. Producir sonidos agudos utilizando el aire circulante, comúnmente para llamar la atención. 3. Mostrar desaprobación mediante demostraciones ruidosas. 4. Mostrar aprobación mediante demostraciones ruidosas.
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 silbar
- silbo first-person present singular
- silbé first-person preterite singular
- silbado participle past
- silbando gerund
- silbada feminine participle past
- silbados masculine participle past
- silbadas feminine participle past
- silbas indicative informal present
- silbás indicative informal present
- silba indicative present singular
- silbamos first-person indicative plural
- silbáis indicative plural present
- silban indicative plural present
- silbaba first-person imperfect indicative
- silbabas imperfect indicative second-person
- silbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- silbabais imperfect indicative plural
- silbaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silbar?
- /silˈbaɾ/
- [silˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silbar in Spanish?
silbar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).