forza

See also: Forza and forzá

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese força (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (strong).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

forza f (plural forzas)

  1. force
  2. strength; vigor
  3. violence
  4. coercion
Derived terms
  • por forza

References

  • 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.

Verb

forza

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.t͡sa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtsa
  • Hyphenation: fòr‧za

Etymology 1

From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (strong).

Noun

forza f (plural forze)

  1. force
  2. strength
    con tutte le forzewith every fiber of one's being (literally, “with all the strengths”)
Descendants
  • Romanian: forță
  • Serbo-Croatian: forca

Interjection

forza

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

Verb

forza

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

Further reading

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

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (strong). Possibly borrowed via Italian forza.

Noun

forza f (plural forzes)

  1. force
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