assoviar
Portuguese, verb/a.so.viˈa(ʁ)/
assoviar is spelled A-S-S-O-V-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assoviar is a Portuguese verb meaning “alternative form of assobiar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir som com os lábios da boca utilizando os dedos ou forçando os lábios deixando passar ar”.
What does assoviar mean in English?
verb
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alternative form of assobiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir som com os lábios da boca utilizando os dedos ou forçando os lábios deixando passar ar 2. fazer música com assovios 3. chamar pelo cão com assovio; chamar a atenção de alguém com assovios 4. vaiar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of assoviar
- assovio first-person present singular
- assoviei first-person preterite singular
- assoviado participle past
- assoviares infinitive second-person singular
- assoviarmos first-person infinitive plural
- assoviardes infinitive plural second-person
- assoviarem infinitive plural third-person
- assoviando gerund
- assoviados masculine participle past
- assoviada feminine participle past
- assoviadas feminine participle past
- assovias indicative present second-person
- assovia indicative present singular
- assoviamos first-person indicative plural
- assoviais indicative plural present
- assoviam indicative plural present
- assoviava first-person imperfect indicative
- assoviavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assoviar?
- Brazil /a.so.viˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.so.viˈa(h)]
- Brazil /a.soˈvja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assoviar in Portuguese?
assoviar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).