"força" meaning in Portuguese

See força in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfoχ.sɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfoɻ.sa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: fôrça [alternative]
Rhymes: -oʁsɐ, -oɾsɐ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|id=strength}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|força}} Old Galician-Portuguese força, {{inh|pt|LL.|fortia}} Late Latin fortia, {{der|pt|la|fortis|t=strong}} Latin fortis (“strong”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-||fort}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”), {{cog|gl|forza}} Galician forza, {{cog|es|fuerza}} Spanish fuerza Head templates: {{head|pt|intj}} força
  1. Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.
    Sense id: en-força-pt-intj-9lsoyBvM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfoχ.sɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfoɻ.sa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: forças [plural], fôrça [alternative]
Rhymes: -oʁsɐ, -oɾsɐ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|id=strength}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|força}} Old Galician-Portuguese força, {{inh|pt|LL.|fortia}} Late Latin fortia, {{der|pt|la|fortis|t=strong}} Latin fortis (“strong”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-||fort}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”), {{cog|gl|forza}} Galician forza, {{cog|es|fuerza}} Spanish fuerza Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} força f (plural forças)
  1. force; strength Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-dAqmEARi
  2. ability to exert influence on others; authority; power Tags: feminine Synonyms: poder, poderio
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-wNFx0e8X
  3. (physics) force Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-MlANdQDO Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (colloquial) electricity Tags: colloquial, feminine Synonyms: eletricidade, energia, luz
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-roDBhJYf Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 8 6 12 23 1 1 1 2 4 0 27 6
  5. series of means used to force someone to do something; violence Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-wzQW0i6M Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 0 0 12 2 15 3 12 2 14 1 1 2 2 4 10 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 14 1 11 4 14 1 11 1 1 1 2 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 8 6 12 23 1 1 1 2 4 0 27 6
  6. strong capacity for action of something; intensity Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-FUzyzyPx
  7. muscular energy; robustness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-GUCVkIMS
  8. spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-h0Vos9n5
  9. cause; reason Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-lUKsdzIU
  10. force (a group that aims to attack, control or restrain) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-WbBV1uUc Categories (other): Portuguese terms with collocations
  11. (informal) hernia Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-força-pt-noun-4aEx3V7~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: com força total, força bruta, força de expressão, força maior, força-tarefa, forçar, forçoso, forte, fortificação, fortificado
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfɔh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfɔh.sɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfɔɾ.sɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈfɔʁ.sɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfɔχ.sɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfɔɻ.sa/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfɔɾ.sɐ/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɔʁsɐ, -ɔɾsɐ Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} força
  1. inflection of forçar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: forçar
    Sense id: en-força-pt-verb-f7BL1gmy Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 0 0 12 2 15 3 12 2 14 1 1 2 2 4 10 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 14 1 11 4 14 1 11 1 1 1 2 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 8 6 12 23 1 1 1 2 4 0 27 6
  2. inflection of forçar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: forçar
    Sense id: en-força-pt-verb-Zh5Z4PSK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Galician forza",
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      "expansion": "Spanish fuerza",
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      "word": "força bruta"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "força de expressão"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forçar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forte"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "word": "fraqueza"
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        {
          "english": "Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.",
          "ref": "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:",
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          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
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        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
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        [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "(colloquial) electricity"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "eletricidade"
        },
        {
          "word": "energia"
        },
        {
          "word": "luz"
        }
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        "feminine"
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        [
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        [
          "violence",
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        [
          "action",
          "action"
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        [
          "intensity",
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          "robustness",
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        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage"
      ],
      "id": "en-força-pt-noun-h0Vos9n5",
      "links": [
        [
          "spiritual",
          "spiritual"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "psychological",
          "psychological"
        ],
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause; reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-força-pt-noun-lUKsdzIU",
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          "cause",
          "cause"
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        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
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      ]
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        {
          "english": "police force",
          "text": "força policial",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "force (a group that aims to attack, control or restrain)"
      ],
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        [
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          "force"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "glosses": [
        "hernia"
      ],
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        [
          "hernia",
          "hernia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) hernia"
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoh.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoh.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɾ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoχ.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɻ.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɾ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʁsɐ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oɾsɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "força"
}

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoh.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɾ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfoχ.sɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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}

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