força
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.
Noun edit
força f (plural forces)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Adverb edit
força
- much, a lot of, very, quite
- Synonym: bastant
- Aquesta feina és força divertida. ― The job is a lot of fun.
- Ell arribarà força aviat. ― He'll be here very soon.
Adjective edit
força (invariable)
Usage notes edit
- Colloquially also treated as declinable:
- Hi havia *forces amics. ― There were many friends.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
força
- inflection of forçar:
Further reading edit
- “força” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “força”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “força” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “força” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /fɔʁ.sa/
- Homophones: forças, forçât
Verb edit
força
- third-person singular past historic of forcer
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
força f (plural forças, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of forza
Related terms edit
References edit
- “força” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
força
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of forçar:
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.
Alternative forms edit
- fôrça (superseded)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
força f (plural forças)
- force; strength
- Antonym: fraqueza
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:
- Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.
- Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.
- ability to exert influence on others; authority; power
- (physics) force
- (colloquial) electricity
- Synonyms: eletricidade, energia, luz
- series of means used to force someone to do something; violence
- strong capacity for action of something; intensity
- muscular energy; robustness
- spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage
- cause; reason
- (military) set of troops, ships, planes or elements of two or more of these combat assets, intended to carry out a policing or combat mission (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (informal) hernia
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Interjection edit
força
- Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
força
- inflection of forçar: