sisear
Spanish, verb/siseˈaɾ/
sisear is spelled S-I-S-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sisear is a Spanish verb meaning “to hiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emitir repetidamente el sonido inarticulado de la s (/s/), por lo común para manifestar desaprobación”.
What does sisear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hiss
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emitir repetidamente el sonido inarticulado de la s (/s/), por lo común para manifestar desaprobación.
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 sisear
- siseo first-person present singular
- siseé first-person preterite singular
- siseado participle past
- siseando gerund
- siseada feminine participle past
- siseados masculine participle past
- siseadas feminine participle past
- siseas indicative informal present
- siseás indicative informal present
- sisea indicative present singular
- siseamos first-person indicative plural
- siseáis indicative plural present
- sisean indicative plural present
- siseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- siseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- siseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- siseabais imperfect indicative plural
- siseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sisear?
- /siseˈaɾ/
- [si.seˈaɾ]
- [siseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sisear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sisear in Spanish?
sisear appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).