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, since 2012
• “forçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “forç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “forzar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “forzar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /foɾˈθaɾ/ [foɾˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /foɾˈsaɾ/ [foɾˈsaɾ]
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014