Definitions

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish and Portuguese futsal. Spanish, short for fúbol de salón : fúbol, soccer (from English football) + de, of + salón, hall, augmentative of sala, room (ultimately of Germanic origin). Portuguese, short for futebol de salão : futebol, soccer (from English football) + de, of + salão, hall, augmentative (perhaps modeled on French salon, room, salon) of sala, room (ultimately of Germanic origin).]

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Examples

  • He credits deep practice as developed by Brazilian youth when they indulged in a sport called "futsal" -- football in a room, played with a ball half the size but twice the weight of an ordinary soccer ball.

    The Physiology Of Leadership 2010

  • He credits deep practice as developed by Brazilian youth when they indulged in a sport called "futsal" -- football in a room, played with a ball half the size but twice the weight of an ordinary soccer ball.

    The Physiology Of Leadership 2010

  • Nike sponsored street soccer competitions called Joga 3, inspired by the traditional game of futsal, which is played indoors or outdoors on small courts with an emphasis on skill over power.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • Nike sponsored street soccer competitions called Joga 3, inspired by the traditional game of futsal, which is played indoors or outdoors on small courts with an emphasis on skill over power.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • Nike sponsored street soccer competitions called Joga 3, inspired by the traditional game of futsal, which is played indoors or outdoors on small courts with an emphasis on skill over power.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • The company will build a full-size, lighted artificial turf field for soccer or flag football and a fully enclosed boarded rink for in-line skating, box lacrosse or "futsal," a type of indoor soccer.

    News from www.rep-am.com 2009

  • Brazil: Santos president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro says he had to shut the club's women's and futsal teams to help fund Neymar's 50% pay rise to €15m a year.

    Said & Done: Fifa news; Lulu Nicollin; plus the player sacked for shopping 2012

  • Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played a more friendly political game than usual, suiting up for a genial game of futsal (indoor soccer) with Bolivian President Evo Morales, reports Sky News.

    Ahmadinejad, Morales Soccer Game In Iran (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played a more friendly political game than usual, suiting up for a genial game of futsal (indoor soccer) with Bolivian President Evo Morales, reports Sky News.

    Ahmadinejad, Morales Soccer Game In Iran (VIDEO) Cara Parks 2010

  • You can suggest getting them off real football and on to synthetic soccer substitutes such as futsal or basketball, but that is just papering over the cracks.

    Football addicts will take whatever junk they can get | Harry Pearson 2011

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