fuerza

• fuercia

From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).

fuerza f (plural fuerces)

1. force (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
2. strength

• fuerte

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfweɾθa/ [ˈfweɾ.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfweɾsa/ [ˈfweɾ.sa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾθa
• Rhymes: -eɾsa
• Syllabification: fuer‧za

Inherited from Old Spanish fuerça, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Portuguese força.

fuerza f (plural fuerzas)

1. force

   fuerzas armadas ― armed forces

2. strength
3. (physics) force

• → Tagalog: puwersa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fuerza

1. inflection of forzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “fuerza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28