forza
GalicianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- força (Reintegrationist)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese força (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
forza f (plural forzas)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “força” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “força” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “forza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “forza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “forza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular from the neuter plural of Latin fortis. Cognate of Neapolitan fuorza, French force, Spanish fuerza, Catalan força, Portuguese força, Friulian fuarce, Venetian forsa and Sicilian forza.
NounEdit
forza f (plural forze)
DescendantsEdit
- → Serbo-Croatian: forca
InterjectionEdit
forza
- cheer up!
- come on!
- hurry up!
- get a move on, get moving!
- Synonym: sbrigati
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
forza
- inflection of forzare:
Further readingEdit
- forza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.
NounEdit
forza f (plural forzes)