chifre

Ultimately from a Vulgar Latin sīfilāre, as a variant of Latin sībilāre. Cognate with Portuguese chifre and Spanish chiflo.

• xifre, xipro, chifro, chífaro, chifra

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃifɾe̝/

chifre m (plural chifres)

1. whistle

   Synonyms: asubío, pito

2. horsetail (Equisetum)

   Synonyms: rabo de cabalo, xestela

3. panpipes

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chifre”, 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), “chifre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chifre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

chifre

1. inflection of chifrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Rhymes: -ifɾi, -ifɾɨ
• Hyphenation: chi‧fre

Borrowed from Spanish chifle, from chiflar (“to hiss, to whistle”), from Vulgar Latin *sīfilāre, from Latin sībilāre (“to hiss, to whistle”). For sense 2, compare chifrudo and Spanish poner los cuernos.

chifre m (plural chifres)

1. horn, antler (bone outgrowth on the head of some mammals)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) a romantic betrayal; cheating; cuckolding

   colocar chifre em alguém

   cheat on someone (lit. put a horn on someone)

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcifri
• Kabuverdianu: tchifri

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chifre

1. inflection of chifrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “chifre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chifre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025