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força

See also: forca, fòrça, forçà, and fôrça

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.

Noun

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força f (plural forces)

  1. force
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Adverb

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força

  1. 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

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força (invariable)

  1. many, a lot
    Hi havia força amics. ― There were many friends.
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  • Colloquially also treated as declinable:
  • Hi havia *forces amics. ― There were many friends.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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força

  1. inflection of forçar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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French

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força

  1. third-person singular past historic of forcer

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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força f (plural forças, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of forza
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References

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  • “força” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Etymology 2

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Verb

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força

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of forçar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Late Latin fortia, from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.

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Noun

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força f

  1. (Old Lombard) force, strength
    • c. 1270, Pietro de Barsegapé, Sermon divin:
      Dà a mi força e ualor
      From my strength and worth

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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força f (plural forças)

  1. force; strength
    Antonym: fraqueza
  2. ability to exert influence on others; authority; power
    Synonyms: poder, poderio
  3. (physics) force
  4. (colloquial) electricity
    Synonyms: eletricidade, energia, luz
  5. series of means used to force someone to do something; violence
  6. strong capacity for action of something; intensity
  7. muscular energy; robustness
  8. spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage
  9. cause; reason
  10. (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?)
  11. (informal) hernia
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Interjection

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força

  1. Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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força

  1. inflection of forçar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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