fuerza
Asturian
Alternative forms
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)
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈfweɾθa/ [ˈfweɾ.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfweɾsa/ [ˈfweɾ.sa]
- Rhymes: -eɾθa
- Rhymes: -eɾsa
- Syllabification: 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 força, Catalan força, Italian forza, French force.
Noun
fuerza f (plural fuerzas)
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 de voluntad
- fuerza electromagnética
- fuerza electromotriz
- fuerza laboral (“workforce”) (employed population in a country or region)
- fuerza mayor
- fuerza motriz
- fuerzas armadas
Derived terms
- a fuerza de
- a la fuerza ahorcan
- 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”)
- la unión hace la fuerza
- momento de fuerza
- por fuerza
- por la fuerza (“by force; forcibly”)
- sacar fuerzas de flaqueza (“to gather or muster all one's strength”)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: puwersa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fuerza
- inflection 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
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