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

• força (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾθa/ [ˈfɔɾ.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈfɔɾθa/ [ˈfɔɾ.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈfɔɾsa/ [ˈfɔɾ.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔɾθa

• Rhymes: -ɔɾθa
• Rhymes: -ɔɾsa

• Hyphenation: for‧za

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “força”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “força”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

forza

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.t͡sa/

• Audio:

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• 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 forze ― with 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

Related terms

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

 

Etymology 2

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