fuerza

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fuercia

Etymology

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

Noun

fuerza f (plural fuerces)

1. force (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
2. strength

Related terms

• fuerte

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfweɾθa/ [ˈfweɾ.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfweɾsa/ [ˈfweɾ.sa]
• Hyphenation: fuer‧za

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish fuerça, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular from the neuter plural of Latin fortis. Compare Portuguese and Catalan força, Italian forza, French force.

Noun

fuerza f (plural fuerzas)

1. force

   fuerzas armadas ― armed forces

2. strength
3. (physics) force

Hyponyms

• fuerza a tener en cuenta (“force to be reckoned with”)
• fuerza aérea
• fuerza bruta (“brute force, brute strength”)
• fuerza centrífuga
• fuerza centrípeta
• fuerza de trabajo (“workforce”) (employed by a single company)
• fuerza electromagnética
• fuerza laboral (“workforce”) (employed population in a country or region)
• fuerza mayor
• fuerzas armadas

 

Derived terms

• a fuerza de
• a la fuerza (“forcibly”)
• caballos de fuerza (“horsepower”)
• camisa de fuerza
• campo de fuerza
• campo de fuerzas
• entrenamiento de fuerza
• hacer fuerza (“to strain, to use bodily force”)
• harina de fuerza
• irse la fuerza por la boca (“to be all talk, to be all mouth, to talk big”)
• por la fuerza (“by force; forcibly”)
• sacar fuerzas de flaqueza (“to gather or muster all one's strength”)

 

Related terms

• forzar
• forzoso
• fuerte

Descendants

• → Tagalog: puwersa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fuerza

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of forzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of forzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of forzar.

Further reading

• “fuerza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28