forzar

forzar (first-person singular indicative present fuerzo, past participle forzáu)

1. to force

• forçar (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forçar, from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. Compare Portuguese forçar.

• IPA^(key): [foɾˈθaɾ], (western) [foɾˈsaɾ]

forzar (first-person singular present forzo, first-person singular preterite forcei, past participle forzado)

1. (transitive) to force, break through

   forzaron a porta

   they forced open the door

2. (transitive) to compel, force
3. (transitive) to rape, violate

• esforzar
• forza

• “forzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Spanish forçar, from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis.

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈθaɾ/ [foɾˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /foɾˈsaɾ/ [foɾˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: for‧zar

forzar (first-person singular present fuerzo, first-person singular preterite forcé, past participle forzado)

1. (transitive) to force, break through

   forzaron la puerta

   they forced (open) the door

2. (transitive) to violate, rape, ravish

   Synonym: violar

3. (transitive) to take by storm
4. (transitive) to compel, force

   Synonym: obligar

• “forzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024