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fuerza

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Asturian

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Etymology

From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (strong).

Noun

fuerza f (plural fuerces)

  1. force (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
  2. strength

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fuerça, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (strong). Compare Portuguese força.

Noun

fuerza f (plural fuerzas)

  1. force
    fuerzas armadasarmed forces
    • 2025 July 14, Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, ““¿Por qué no previenen el terrorismo de los colonos?”: Palestinos denuncian a las FDI tras brutal muerte de un estadounidense”, in CNN en Español:
      Las fuerzas israelíes afirman que investigan la muerte de Musallet, pero no ha respondido a las acusaciones de que impidió que las ambulancias llegaran hasta él.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. strength
  3. (physics) force
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tagalog: puwersa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fuerza

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

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