força

See also: forca, fòrça, forçà, and fôrça

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔr.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɔɾ.sa]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.

Noun

força f (plural forces)

1. force

Derived terms

• a força de
• a la força
• fer força
• força centrífuga
• força major
• forçar
• forçut
• per força

Related terms

• forçós
• fort

Adverb

força

1. much, a lot of, very, quite

   Synonym: bastant

   Aquesta feina és força divertida. ― The job is a lot of fun.

   Ell arribarà força aviat. ― He'll be here very soon.

Adjective

força (invariable)

1. many, a lot

   Hi havia força amics. ― There were many friends.

Usage notes

• Colloquially also treated as declinable:
• Hi havia *forces amics. ― There were many friends.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

força

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

Further reading

• “força” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “força”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “força” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “força” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.sa/
• Homophones: forças, forçât

Verb

força

1. third-person singular past historic of forcer

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

força f (plural forças, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of forza

Related terms

• forçar

References

• “força” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Etymology 2

Verb

força

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of forçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lombard

Etymology

From Late Latin fortia, from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• (Old Lombard) IPA^(key): [ˈfoɾ.t͡sa]

Noun

força f

1. (Old Lombard) force, strength
   • c. 1270, Pietro de Barsegapé, Sermon divin:

     Dà a mi força e ualor

     From my strength and worth

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.

Alternative forms

• fôrça (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfoh.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfoh.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfoχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɻ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -oʁsɐ, -oɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

Noun

força f (plural forças)

1. force; strength

   Antonym: fraqueza

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:

     Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.

     Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.

2. ability to exert influence on others; authority; power

   Synonyms: poder, poderio

3. (physics) force
4. (colloquial) electricity

   Synonyms: eletricidade, energia, luz

5. series of means used to force someone to do something; violence
6. strong capacity for action of something; intensity
7. muscular energy; robustness
8. spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage
9. cause; reason
10. force (a group that aims to attack, control or restrain)

    força policial ― police force

11. (informal) hernia

Related terms

• com força total
• força bruta
• força de expressão
• força maior
• força-tarefa
• forçar
• forçoso
• forte
• fortificação
• fortificado

Interjection

força

1. Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfɔh.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfɔh.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [ˈfɔχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɻ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔʁsɐ, -ɔɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

Verb

força

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