essere giocoforza

Italian

to be necessary or inevitable
era giocoforza abbandonare ― it was necessary to resign

mi disse di baciargli la guancia e fu giocoforza obbedire
he told me to kiss his cheek and I had no choice
(literally, “and it was necessary to obey”)
to be unable to do without; to cannot but
m'è stato giocoforza svegliarlo ― I could not but wake him up

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