просвистать

Russian

Etymology

про- (pro-) +‎ свиста́ть (svistátʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prəsvʲɪˈstatʲ]

Verb

просвиста́ть • (prosvistátʹ) pf (imperfective просви́стывать)

1. (perfective only) to make a short whistling sound, to whistle for a short time
2. to whistle (a musical piece)
3. to whizz, to whistle while flying by
4. (colloquial) to fritter away, to waste
5. to whistle (for a specified amount of time)
6. (colloquial, also impersonal) to penetrate, to blow through (of strong winds)

Usage notes

With this verb, all meanings involving whistling refer to whistling without the aid of a whistle. Contrast просвисте́ть (prosvistétʹ), with similar meanings but which may be with or without the aid of a whistle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of просвиста́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	просвиста́ть prosvistátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	просвиста́вший prosvistávšij
passive	—	просви́станный prosvístannyj
adverbial	—	просвиста́в prosvistáv, просвиста́вши prosvistávši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	просвищу́ prosviščú
2nd singular (ты)	—	просви́щешь prosvíščešʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	просви́щет prosvíščet
1st plural (мы)	—	просви́щем prosvíščem
2nd plural (вы)	—	просви́щете prosvíščete
3rd plural (они́)	—	просви́щут prosvíščut
imperative	singular	plural
	просвищи́ prosviščí	просвищи́те prosviščíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	просвиста́л prosvistál	просвиста́ли prosvistáli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	просвиста́ла prosvistála
neuter (оно́)	просвиста́ло prosvistálo

Derived terms

• про́свист (prósvist)

Related terms

• свисте́ть impf (svistétʹ), сви́стнуть pf (svístnutʹ)
• свиста́ть (svistátʹ)
• свист (svist)
• свисто́к (svistók)
• свистя́щий (svistjáščij)
• свисту́н (svistún)
• свисту́лька (svistúlʹka)