xiular
Catalan
Alternative forms
- siular (dialectal)
Etymology
From alteration of Old Catalan siular, from Latin sībilāre. Cognate with Occitan fiular, siular, siblar, French siffler, Spanish silbar, chiflar.
Pronunciation
Verb
xiular (first-person singular present xiulo, first-person singular preterite xiulí, past participle xiulat)
- to whistle
Conjugation
Conjugation of xiular (first conjugation)
| infinitive | xiular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | xiulant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | xiulat | xiulada | |||||
| plural | xiulats | xiulades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xiulo | xiules | xiula | xiulem | xiuleu | xiulen | |
| imperfect | xiulava | xiulaves | xiulava | xiulàvem | xiulàveu | xiulaven | |
| future | xiularé | xiularàs | xiularà | xiularem | xiulareu | xiularan | |
| preterite | xiulí | xiulares | xiulà | xiulàrem | xiulàreu | xiularen | |
| conditional | xiularia | xiularies | xiularia | xiularíem | xiularíeu | xiularien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xiuli | xiulis | xiuli | xiulem | xiuleu | xiulin | |
| imperfect | xiulés | xiulessis | xiulés | xiuléssim | xiuléssiu | xiulessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | xiula | xiuli | xiulem | xiuleu | xiulin | |
| negative (no) | — | no xiulis | no xiuli | no xiulem | no xiuleu | no xiulin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “xiular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007