força

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sa/

From Old Occitan forsa (compare Occitan fòrça), from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia (compare French force, Spanish fuerza, Portuguese força, Italian forza), re-analyzed as a feminine singular, from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (from which Catalan fort).

força f (plural forces)

1. force

• forçar

• fort

força (inv)

1. very, quite

força

1. much, a lot of
2. quite, a lot

força

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

• “força” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

força

1. third-person singular past historic of forcer

• fôrça (superseded)

From Old Portuguese força, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *fortia, re-analyzed as a feminine singular, from the neuter plural of Latin fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare French force, Italian forza, Spanish fuerza.

• (Paulistano) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹ.sa/, /ˈfoɹ.sɐ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɻ.sa/, /ˈfoɻ.sɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹ.sa/, IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.sa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

força f (plural forças)

1. force; strength
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, 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. power

• (power): poder, poderio

• (strength): fraqueza

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.sa/, /ˈfɔɹ.sɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɻ.sa/
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

força

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of forçar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of forçar

força!

1. Expression used to wish someone the strength to persevere whatever hardship they are experiencing.