chifrar

From chifre (“whistle”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈfɾaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈfɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: chi‧frar

chifrar (first-person singular present chifro, first-person singular preterite chifrei, past participle chifrado)

1. to whistle
   • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume II, number 26, page 3:

     Marmurando docemente a terra lambe o regato qu'arrastra a súa corrente e o grilo chifrar se sente a porta do seu burato

     Sweetly murmuring, the ground licks the stream that pulls forth its current and the cricket is heard whistling at the door of his hole

2. (archaic) to gore (to pierce with the horns)
   • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     boy chifrando

     goring bull

• “chifrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chifrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chifrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chifrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From chifre +‎ -ar.

chifrar (first-person singular present chifro, first-person singular preterite chifrei, past participle chifrado)

1. to gore (to pierce with the horns)
2. (Brazil, slang) to cuckold (to make a cuckold of someone)

• cornar

• “chifrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “chifrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913