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futsal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfʊtsæl/
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noun

Meaning 1

A form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese futsal, a blend of futebol de salão (literally “hall football”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُرَةُ اْلصَالَةِ (kuratu alṣalati) — form of soccer
  • Basque: areto-futbol — form of soccer
  • Catalan: futbol sala — form of soccer
  • Czech: futsal — form of soccer
  • Danish: futsal — form of soccer
  • Dutch: zaalvoetbal — form of soccer
  • Estonian: futsal — form of soccer
  • Estonian: saalijalgpall — form of soccer
  • Finnish: salijalkapallo — form of soccer
  • Finnish: futsal — form of soccer
  • French: futsal — form of soccer
  • Galician: fútbol sala — form of soccer
  • Georgian: ფუტსალი (puṭsali) — form of soccer
  • German: Futsal — form of soccer
  • Indonesian: futsal — form of soccer
  • Italian: calcetto — form of soccer
  • Italian: calcio a cinque — form of soccer
  • Japanese: フットサル (futtosaru) — form of soccer
  • Korean: 풋살 (putsal) — form of soccer
  • Lithuanian: sãlės fùtbolas — form of soccer
  • Macedonian: мал фудбал (mal fudbal) — form of soccer
  • Macedonian: футсал (futsal) — form of soccer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: futsal — form of soccer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: futsal — form of soccer
  • Persian: فوتسال (futsâl) — form of soccer
  • Polish: futsal — form of soccer
  • Portuguese: futsal — form of soccer
  • Portuguese: futebol de salão — form of soccer
  • Russian: футза́л (futzál) — form of soccer
  • Russian: ми́ни-футбо́л (míni-futból) — form of soccer
  • Slovak: futsal — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futsal — form of soccer
  • Spanish: fútbol sala — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futsala — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futbol sala — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futbito — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futbolito — form of soccer
  • Spanish: futbol rápido — form of soccer
  • Spanish: fútbol de salón — form of soccer
  • Swedish: futsal — form of soccer
  • Turkish: futsal — form of soccer
  • Turkish: salon futbolu — form of soccer
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