futebol

Portuguese

Alternative forms

football, foot-ball (dated)
futibol (Brazil, dated, eye dialect)
fútbol (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English football.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fu.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [fu.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.tɨˈbɔl/ [fu.tɨˈβɔɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.tɨˈbɔ.li/ [fu.tɨˈβɔ.li]

(Nordestino) IPA^(key): /fu.ti.ˈbɔw/
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
Hyphenation: fu‧te‧bol

Noun

futebol m (uncountable)

football, soccer
Synonyms: (informal) bola, (all literary) balípodo, bolapé, ludopédio, pebol

Derived terms

Related terms

pé

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