forta
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
forta f (plural fortes)
- female equivalent of fort
Adjective
forta f
- feminine singular of fort
Esperanto
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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- IPA(key): /ˈforta/
- Rhymes: -orta
- Hyphenation: for‧ta
Adjective
forta (accusative singular fortan, plural fortaj, accusative plural fortajn)
- strong (capable of exerting force or power)
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta[1]:
- Amo estas forta, sed mono pli forta.
- Love is strong, but money is stronger.
Related terms
Ido
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈforta/
Adjective
forta
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
forta n
- definite plural of fort
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
forta n pl
- definite plural of fort
Swedish
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 | |||
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infinitive | forta | — | ||
supine | fortat | — | ||
imperative | forta | — | ||
imper. plural1 | forten | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | fortar | fortade | — | — |
ind. plural1 | forta | fortade | — | — |
subjunctive2 | forte | fortade | — | — |
present participle | fortande | |||
past participle | — |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.