forta
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forta f (plural fortes)
- female equivalent of fort
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forta f
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Etymology edit
Common Romance, ultimately from Latin fortis. Compare French fort, Portuguese and Italian forte, Spanish fuerte, Romanian foarte, English force, forte (“strength or talent”, noun).
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forta (accusative singular fortan, plural fortaj, accusative plural fortajn)
- strong (capable of exerting force or power)
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta[1]:
- Amo estas forta, sed mono pli forta.
- Love is strong, but money is stronger.
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forta
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forta n
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forta n pl
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From fort (“fast, speedily”).
Verb edit
forta (present fortar, preterite fortade, supine fortat, imperative forta)
- (reflexive, of a clock) go too fast, ahead of true time
- Antonym: dra (sig)
- få en väggpendyl att forta sig ― make a pendulum clock go faster
- (reflexive, colloquial) hurry
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of forta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | forta | — | ||
Supine | fortat | — | ||
Imperative | forta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | forten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fortar | fortade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | forta | fortade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | forte | fortade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fortande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |