silbar
silbar(
seel
-
bahr
)intransitive verb
2. (to jeer)
a. to hiss
Cuando el futbolista arremetió contra el árbitro, la multitud empezó a silbar.When the soccer player went for the referee, the crowd started to hiss.
a. to ring
Al soldado le empezaron a silbar los oídos cuando la bomba explotó cerca de él.The soldier's ears started to ring after the bomb exploded near him.
a. to whistle
El viento invernal silbaba a través de las ramas desnudas de los árboles.The winter wind whistled through the bare branches of the trees.
transitive verb
a. to whistle
Como gran aficionado a las películas del oeste sé silbar varias melodías famosas.As a lover of Westerns, I know how to whistle several famous movie themes.
6. (to jeer)
a. to hiss
Tras una horrible primera actuación, el público silbó al artista para que se fuera.After a horrible first performance, the public hissed the artist off the stage.
a. to wolf-whistle at
Mi padre silbó a mi madre la primera vez que la vio.My father wolf-whistled at my mother the first time that he saw her.
Conjugations
Conditional
yo
tú
él/ella/Ud.
nosotros
vosotros
ellos/ellas/Uds.
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