furbo

Borrowed from French fourbe. Cognate with Piedmontese furb.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfur.bo/

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• Rhymes: -urbo
• Hyphenation: fùr‧bo

furbo (feminine furba, masculine plural furbi, feminine plural furbe, superlative furbissimo, adverb furbamente)

1. astute, cunning, sly, wily, crafty (skillful and able in getting some advantage, often using some trick and against rules or other people's benefit)

   Synonym: astuto

furbo m (plural furbi, feminine furba, diminutive furbetto, augmentative furbone, diminutive-augmentative furbacchione, pejorative furbastro)

1. smart individual with vicious and tricky intent.^[1]

• furbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Imitation of some people's pronunciation of fútbol, such as in some varieties of Andalusian Spanish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɾbo/ [ˈfuɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -uɾbo
• Syllabification: fur‧bo

furbo m (uncountable)

1. (slang, humorous) football, soccer
   • 2025 October 18, “Una superestrella con cerebro y corazón”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid:

     Deben de tener éxito entre un público ágrafo o analfabeto, aquellos que en los viejos tiempos denominaban al fútbol como el furbo.

     They must be successful among an illiterate or uneducated audience, those who in the old days referred to soccer as “furbo”.

• furbito (diminutive)