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furtivo

Spanish, noun/fuɾˈtibo/

furtivo is spelled F-U-R-T-I-V-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furtivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “poacher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does furtivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    furtive

  2. 2

    stealthy

  3. 3

    poacher-like

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepoacher

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que se hace a escondidas o de forma oculta. 2. Relacionado o propio de la pesca o de la caza furtiva.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of furtivo

  • furtiva feminine
  • furtivos masculine plural
  • furtivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce furtivo?

  • /fuɾˈtibo/
  • [fuɾˈt̪i.β̞o]
  • [fuɾˈt̪iβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to furtivo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is furtivo in Spanish?

furtivo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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