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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish chiflar, from a Vulgar Latin *sīfilāre, as a variant of Latin sībilāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈflaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧flar
Verb
chiflar (first-person singular present chiflo, first-person singular preterite chiflé, past participle chiflado)
- (intransitive) to whistle
- Synonym: silbar
¡Oye cómo chifla de bien!- Hear how well he whistles!
- (transitive, sometimes pronominal) to whistle at
No me chifles así.- Don't whistle at me like that.
Se la chifló.- She whistled at her.
Usage notes
- Used more often in Latin America than Spain. This verb may contrast with silbar in referring to either a more vulgar, or louder, whistling.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of chiflar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive chiflar
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| dative
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chiflarme
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chiflarte
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chiflarle, chiflarse
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chiflarnos
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chiflaros
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chiflarles, chiflarse
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| accusative
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chiflarme
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chiflarte
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chiflarlo, chiflarla, chiflarse
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chiflarnos
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chiflaros
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chiflarlos, chiflarlas, chiflarse
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| with gerund chiflando
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| dative
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chiflándome
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chiflándote
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chiflándole, chiflándose
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chiflándonos
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chiflándoos
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chiflándoles, chiflándose
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| accusative
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chiflándome
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chiflándote
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chiflándolo, chiflándola, chiflándose
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chiflándonos
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chiflándoos
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chiflándolos, chiflándolas, chiflándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative chifla
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| dative
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chíflame
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chíflate
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chíflale
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chíflanos
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not used
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chíflales
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| accusative
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chíflame
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chíflate
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chíflalo, chíflala
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chíflanos
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not used
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chíflalos, chíflalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative chiflá
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| dative
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chiflame
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chiflate
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chiflale
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chiflanos
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not used
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chiflales
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| accusative
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chiflame
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chiflate
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chiflalo, chiflala
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chiflanos
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not used
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chiflalos, chiflalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative chifle
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| dative
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chífleme
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not used
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chíflele, chíflese
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chíflenos
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not used
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chífleles
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| accusative
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chífleme
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not used
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chíflelo, chíflela, chíflese
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chíflenos
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not used
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chíflelos, chíflelas
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| with first-person plural imperative chiflemos
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| dative
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not used
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chiflémoste
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chiflémosle
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chiflémonos
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chiflémoos
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chiflémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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chiflémoste
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chiflémoslo, chiflémosla
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chiflémonos
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chiflémoos
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chiflémoslos, chiflémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative chiflad
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| dative
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chifladme
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not used
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chifladle
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chifladnos
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chiflaos
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chifladles
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| accusative
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chifladme
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not used
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chifladlo, chifladla
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chifladnos
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chiflaos
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chifladlos, chifladlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative chiflen
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| dative
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chíflenme
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not used
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chíflenle
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chíflennos
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not used
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chíflenles, chíflense
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| accusative
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chíflenme
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not used
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chíflenlo, chíflenla
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chíflennos
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not used
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chíflenlos, chíflenlas, chíflense
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