Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From perforto (force, violence) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /perˈforte/
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  • Hyphenation: per‧for‧te
  • Rhymes: -orte

Adverb edit

perforte

  1. by force
    • 2002, La Sankta Biblio[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2016, I Makabeoj 2:46:
      kaj cirkumcidis la necirkumciditajn knabojn, kiujn ili trovis en Izrael, se necese eĉ perforte.
      They even forcibly circumcised boys whom they found uncircumcised within the borders of Israel.