"forca" meaning in Portuguese

See forca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfoh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.kɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈfoʁ.kɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfoχ.kɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfoɻ.kɐ/ [Caipira], /ˈfoʁ.ka/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈfoh.ka] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfoɾ.kɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: forcas [plural]
Rhymes: -oʁkɐ, -oɾkɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese forca, from Latin furca. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|id=gallows}}, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|forca}} Old Galician-Portuguese forca, {{inh|pt|la|furca}} Latin furca Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} forca f (plural forcas)
  1. gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-forca-pt-noun-ge6BfI3t Categories (other): Capital punishment Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 77 10 8 5
  2. (games) hangman Tags: feminine Synonyms: jogo da forca
    Sense id: en-forca-pt-noun-VV-RgLXV Categories (other): Games Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enforcar, forcado, forquear, jogo da forca
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfɔh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈfɔh.kɐ] [Brazil], /ˈfɔɾ.kɐ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈfɔʁ.kɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈfɔχ.kɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈfɔɻ.kɐ/ [Caipira], /ˈfɔʁ.ka/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈfɔh.ka] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfɔɾ.kɐ/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɔʁkɐ, -ɔɾkɐ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} forca
  1. inflection of forcar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: forcar
    Sense id: en-forca-pt-verb-T2LO8S-c Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 13 13 13 6 6 13 1 13 1 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 45 8
  2. inflection of forcar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: forcar
    Sense id: en-forca-pt-verb-qsbYLVs~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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