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  Garbo is an Italian word (also used in Spanish) meaning politeness, gentleness, tact, grace, and common sense. Parents will often tell their kids to use "garbo". It may refer to:

  • Greta Garbo
    Greta Garbo

    Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actor during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age of Hollywood.Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1954 Academy Honorary Award "for her unforgettable screen performances...
    , actress
  • Juan Pujol (alias Garbo)
    Juan Pujol (alias Garbo)

    Garbo was the United Kingdom codename of Juan Pujol Garc?a Member of the British Empire , a double agent who played a key role in the success of Operation Fortitude, the deception operation intended to mislead the Germans about the timing and location of the Battle of Normandy towards the end of World War II....
    , double-agent who worked for the British during World War II
  • Australian slang for a waste collector
    Waste collector

    A waste collector is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove refuse and Recycling from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and disposal....
  • Garbo, Italian
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
     singer mostly active in the '80s
  • Jorge Garbajosa
    Jorge Garbajosa

    Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spain professional basketball player who plays for Khimki BC of the Russian Basketball Super League....
    , basketball player
  • Garbo (Dirt), a fictional character in the American television drama Dirt
    Dirt (TV series)

    Dirt is an United States television series Serial that was broadcast on the FX . It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy Supermarket tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: D!rt! and Now ....
  • Garbo (film), a 1992 Australian film
    Cinema of Australia

    File:Story-of-the-kelly-gang-capture3-1906.jpgThe cinema of Australia has a long history and has produced many internationally-recognised films, actors and filmmakers....
  • Garbo
    Garbo

    Garbo is an Italian word meaning politeness, gentleness, tact, grace, and common sense. Parents will often tell their kids to use "garbo". It may refer to:...
    , Ladies' drinking society at Pembroke College, Oxford
  • Garbo, Tibet
    Garbo, Tibet

    Garbo is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China....
  • Greg Garbowsky
    Greg Garbowsky

    Greg "Garbo" Garbowsky is an American musician. He is the bass guitarist for the band Jonas Brothers....
     (aslo know as 'Garbo'), bassist for the Jonas Brothers
    Jonas Brothers

    The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock boy band. The band gained their popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. Hailing from Wyckoff, New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas....