silbar
The word silbasteis is the preterite form of silbar in the second person plural.
See the full silbar conjugation
silbar
silbar(
seel
-
bahr
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
1. (to make a sound with the lips)
No me gusta cómo silba ese señor; me da escalofríos.I don't like how that guy's whistling; it gives me the creeps.
La bibliotecaria me dijo que dejara de silbar si no quería que me sacara.The librarian told me to stop whistling if I didn't want to be thrown out.
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.
3. (to make a sound in the ear)
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.
4. (to make a sound with the wind)
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.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
5. (to make a sound with the lips)
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.
7. (colloquial) (to catcall)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
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.
silbartransitive verbintransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (melodía)
a. to whistle
2. (como piropo)
a. to whistle at
3. (abuchear)
a. to whistle at
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (con melodía)
a. to whistle
5. (abuchear)
a. to whistle
6. (oídos)
a. to ring
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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