свистел

whistled

s vʲ ɪ sʲ tʲ e ɫ → свистеть
свист to whistle + ел Masculine past tense
verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #43,275
whistled Also means “was whistling”; masculine past-tense form.
RU: Он тихо свистел.
EN: He whistled quietly.
Conjugation of свистеть
Indicative past
свистел

Это не, я не свистел, господин учитель.

No, I didn't whistle, sir.

— Четыреста ударов (1959)

Машина уже была близко, и машинист свистел что было силы.

The train was already close, and the driver was blowing the whistle as hard as he could.

Ты видел кто свистел?

Did you see who was whistling?

— М убийца (1931)

Кто свистел?

Who was whistling?

— Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)

Том не свистел.

Tom didn't whistle.

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