silvar
Portuguese, verb/siwˈva(ʁ)/
silvar is spelled S-I-L-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese, the 227,016th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silvar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “produzir silvos, assobiar”.
What does silvar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hiss
- 2
to whistle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar cheio de silvas (Rubus spp.)
verb: 1. produzir silvos, assobiar 2. apitar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo silvar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo silvar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo silvar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo silvar
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 silvar
- silvo first-person present singular
- silvei first-person preterite singular
- silvado participle past
- silvares infinitive second-person singular
- silvarmos first-person infinitive plural
- silvardes infinitive plural second-person
- silvarem infinitive plural third-person
- silvando gerund
- silvados masculine participle past
- silvada feminine participle past
- silvadas feminine participle past
- silvas indicative present second-person
- silva indicative present singular
- silvamos first-person indicative plural
- silvais indicative plural present
- silvam indicative plural present
- silvava first-person imperfect indicative
- silvavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silvar?
- Brazil /siwˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [siʊ̯ˈva(h)]
- /siwˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silvar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silvar in Portuguese?
silvar appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).