просвистать
Russian
Etymology
про- (pro-) + свиста́ть (svistátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
просвиста́ть • (prosvistátʹ) pf (imperfective просви́стывать)
- (perfective only) to make a short whistling sound, to whistle for a short time
- to whistle (a musical piece)
- to whizz, to whistle while flying by
- (colloquial) to fritter away, to waste
- to whistle (for a specified amount of time)
- (colloquial, also impersonal) to penetrate, to blow through (of strong winds)
Conjugation
Conjugation of просвиста́ть (class 6c perfective transitive)
| 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 | |
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.
Derived terms
- про́свист (prósvist)
Related terms
- свисте́ть impf (svistétʹ), сви́стнуть pf (svístnutʹ)
- свиста́ть (svistátʹ)
- свист (svist)
- свисто́к (svistók)
- свистя́щий (svistjáščij)
- свисту́н (svistún)
- свисту́лька (svistúlʹka)