forza

See also: Forza and forzá

Galician

Alternative forms

• força (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔɾθɐ], (western) [ˈfɔɾsɐ]

Noun

forza f (plural forzas)

1. force
2. strength; vigor
3. violence
4. coercion

Derived terms

• por forza

Related terms

• força
• forçar
• forte
• forzar

References

• “força” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “força” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Italian

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.t͡sa/, [ˈfɔr̺t̪͡s̪ä]

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtsa
• Hyphenation: fòr‧za

Noun

forza f (plural forze)

1. force
2. strength

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: forca

Interjection

forza!

1. cheer up!
2. come on!
3. hurry up!
4. get a move on, get moving!

   Synonym: sbrigati

Related terms

• forte
• forzamento
• forzare
• forzatura
• forziere
• forzoso
• forzuto
• per forza
• rafforzare
• rinforzare
• sforzare

 

Etymology 2

Verb

forza

1. third-person singular present of forzare
2. second-person singular indicative of forzare

Further reading

• forza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.

Noun

forza f (plural forzes)

1. force