просвистеть

Russian

Etymology

про- (pro-) +‎ свисте́ть (svistétʹ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prəsvʲɪˈsʲtʲetʲ]

Verb

просвисте́ть • (prosvistétʹ) 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. (perfective only) to whizz, to whistle while flying by
4. (colloquial) to fritter away, to waste
5. to whistle (for a specified amount of time)

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of просвисте́ть (class 5b perfective transitive)

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

perfective aspect
infinitive	просвисте́ть prosvistétʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	просвисте́вший prosvistévšij
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	просвисте́в prosvistév, просвисте́вши prosvistévši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	просвищу́ prosviščú
2nd singular (ты)	—	просвисти́шь prosvistíšʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	просвисти́т prosvistít
1st plural (мы)	—	просвисти́м prosvistím
2nd plural (вы)	—	просвисти́те prosvistíte
3rd plural (они́)	—	просвистя́т prosvistját
imperative	singular	plural
	просвисти́ prosvistí	просвисти́те prosvistíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	просвисте́л prosvistél	просвисте́ли prosvistéli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	просвисте́ла prosvistéla
neuter (оно́)	просвисте́ло prosvistélo

Derived terms

• про́свист (prósvist)

Related terms

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