furtivo
Portuguese, adjective/fuʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
furtivo is spelled F-U-R-T-I-V-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furtivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “furtive; stealthy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escondido, oculto, secreto”.
What does furtivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
furtive; stealthy
- 2
furtive (exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy)
caçador furtivo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. escondido, oculto, secreto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), 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 Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce furtivo?
- Brazil /fuʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil [fuhˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- /fuɾˈt͡ʃi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
furtivo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).