forta
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Pronunciation
Noun
forta f (plural fortes)
- female equivalent of fort
Adjective
forta f
Etymology
Common Romance, ultimately from Latin fortis. Compare French fort, Portuguese and Italian forte, Spanish fuerte, Romanian foarte, English force, forte (“strength or talent”, noun).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
forta (accusative singular fortan, plural fortaj, accusative plural fortajn)
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
forta
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Noun
forta n
Noun
forta n pl
Etymology
From fort (“fast, speedily”).
Verb
forta (present fortar, preterite fortade, supine fortat, imperative forta)
- (reflexive, of a clock) go too fast, ahead of true time
- Antonym: dra (sig)
- få en väggpendyl att forta sig ― make a pendulum clock go faster
- (reflexive, colloquial) hurry
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | forta | — | ||
| Supine | fortat | — | ||
| Imperative | forta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | forten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fortar | fortade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | forta | fortade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | forte | fortade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fortande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of forta (weak)
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