enforcar
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to fork up (to gather using a pitchfork)
- (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)
- Synonym: penjar
Derived terms
- enforcada
- enforcadura
- enforcall
Etymology 2
Verb
enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to string (to tie together on a line, as onions)
- Aquella tarda d'estiu vaig aprendre a enforcar alls.
- That summer afternoon I learned how to string garlic.
Conjugation
Further reading
- “enforcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese enforcar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *infurcare, form furca.
Pronunciation
Verb
enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquei, past participle enforcado)
- (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 685:
- Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario
- And some say that he hanged him as a falsifier
- 1383, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 388:
- Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina
- and we also give to you the heathland that is beyond the chestnut tree of the hanged ones to turn it into farmland
- Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina
- Synonym: colgar
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enforcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enforcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “enforcar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enforcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Occitan
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
enforcar (Languedoc)
- (transitive) to mount (a bike)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 258.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fohˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fohˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foɾˈka(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foɾˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.foχˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foʁˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.foχˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.foɻˈka(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.foɻˈka(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧for‧car
Verb
enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquei, past participle enforcado)
- (transitive) to suspend (someone) by a rope or band tied around the neck, causing death by asphyxiation
- (transitive) to put someone to death on the gallows
- (transitive, vulgar) to sell something for a low price
- (pronominal) to kill yourself by hanging
- (pronominal, figuratively) to get in bad shape
- (pronominal, figuratively) to suffer great damage
- (pronominal, figuratively) to sacrifice yourself
- (pronominal, colloquial) to get married
- (transitive, intransitive, Brazil) to not work on a business day between holidays or between a holiday and a weekend
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “enforcar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “enforcar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “enforcar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “enforcar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “enforcar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “enforcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforqué, past participle enforcado)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive enforcar | dative | enforcarme | enforcarte | enforcarle, enforcarse | enforcarnos | enforcaros | enforcarles, enforcarse |
| accusative | enforcarme | enforcarte | enforcarlo, enforcarla, enforcarse | enforcarnos | enforcaros | enforcarlos, enforcarlas, enforcarse | |
| with gerund enforcando | dative | enforcándome | enforcándote | enforcándole, enforcándose | enforcándonos | enforcándoos | enforcándoles, enforcándose |
| accusative | enforcándome | enforcándote | enforcándolo, enforcándola, enforcándose | enforcándonos | enforcándoos | enforcándolos, enforcándolas, enforcándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative enforca | dative | enfórcame | enfórcate | enfórcale | enfórcanos | not used | enfórcales |
| accusative | enfórcame | enfórcate | enfórcalo, enfórcala | enfórcanos | not used | enfórcalos, enfórcalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative enforcá | dative | enforcame | enforcate | enforcale | enforcanos | not used | enforcales |
| accusative | enforcame | enforcate | enforcalo, enforcala | enforcanos | not used | enforcalos, enforcalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative enforque | dative | enfórqueme | not used | enfórquele, enfórquese | enfórquenos | not used | enfórqueles |
| accusative | enfórqueme | not used | enfórquelo, enfórquela, enfórquese | enfórquenos | not used | enfórquelos, enfórquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative enforquemos | dative | not used | enforquémoste | enforquémosle | enforquémonos | enforquémoos | enforquémosles |
| accusative | not used | enforquémoste | enforquémoslo, enforquémosla | enforquémonos | enforquémoos | enforquémoslos, enforquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative enforcad | dative | enforcadme | not used | enforcadle | enforcadnos | enforcaos | enforcadles |
| accusative | enforcadme | not used | enforcadlo, enforcadla | enforcadnos | enforcaos | enforcadlos, enforcadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative enforquen | dative | enfórquenme | not used | enfórquenle | enfórquennos | not used | enfórquenles, enfórquense |
| accusative | enfórquenme | not used | enfórquenlo, enfórquenla | enfórquennos | not used | enfórquenlos, enfórquenlas, enfórquense | |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “enforcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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