furtivo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /furˈti.vo/
Rhymes: -ivo
Hyphenation: fur‧tì‧vo
=== Adjective ===
furtivo (feminine furtiva, masculine plural furtivi, feminine plural furtive, adverb furtivamente)
stolen, related to a theft
merce di provenienza furtiva ― manubial goods
thievish, furtive, stealthy
sly
==== Derived terms ====
furtivamente
==== Related terms ====
furto
=== Further reading ===
furtivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fuːrˈtiː.woː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [furˈtiː.vo]
=== Adjective ===
fūrtīvō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fūrtīvus
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: fur‧ti‧vo
=== Adjective ===
furtivo (feminine furtiva, masculine plural furtivos, feminine plural furtivas)
furtive; stealthy
furtive (exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy)
caçador furtivo ― poacher (literally, “furtive hunter”)
==== Related terms ====
furto
=== Further reading ===
“furtivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“furtivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fuɾˈtibo/ [fuɾˈt̪i.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ibo
Syllabification: fur‧ti‧vo
=== Adjective ===
furtivo (feminine furtiva, masculine plural furtivos, feminine plural furtivas)
furtive
stealthy
poacher-like
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Noun ===
furtivo m (plural furtivos)
poacher
Synonym: furtivista
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“furtivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025