força

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.

força f (plural forces)

1. force

• forçós
• fort

força

1. much, a lot of, very, quite

   Synonym: bastant

   Aquesta feina és força divertida. ― The job is a lot of fun.

   Ell arribarà força aviat. ― He'll be here very soon.

força (invariable)

1. many, a lot

   Hi havia força amics. ― There were many friends.

• Colloquially also treated as declinable:
• Hi havia *forces amics. ― There were many friends.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

força

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

• “força” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “força”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “força” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “força” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.sa/
• Homophones: forças, forçât

força

1. third-person singular past historic of forcer

força f (plural forças, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of forza

• forçar

• “força” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

força

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of forçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Late Latin fortia, from the neuter plural of Latin fortis.

• (Old Lombard) IPA^(key):

força f

1. (Old Lombard) force, strength
   • c. 1270, Pietro de Barsegapé, Sermon divin:

     Dà a mi força e ualor

     From my strength and worth

From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.

• fôrça (superseded)

• Rhymes: -oʁsɐ, -oɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

força f (plural forças)

1. force; strength

   Antonym: fraqueza

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:

     Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.

     Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.

2. ability to exert influence on others; authority; power

   Synonyms: poder, poderio

3. (physics) force
4. (colloquial) electricity

   Synonyms: eletricidade, energia, luz

5. series of means used to force someone to do something; violence
6. strong capacity for action of something; intensity
7. muscular energy; robustness
8. spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage
9. cause; reason
10. (military) set of troops, ships, planes or elements of two or more of these combat assets, intended to carry out a policing or combat mission (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
11. (informal) hernia

força

1. Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.

• Rhymes: -ɔʁsɐ, -ɔɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: for‧ça

força

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