fortaleza

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa or Old French forteresce, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: for‧ta‧le‧za ==== Noun ==== fortaleza f (plural fortalezas) fortress strength; resilience; fortitude ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fortaleza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega "fortaleza" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fortaleza”, 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), “fortaleza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fortaleza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fortaleza inflection of fortalecer: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza, from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: Fortaleza Hyphenation: for‧ta‧le‧za === Noun === fortaleza f (plural fortalezas) fortress; fortification; stronghold (a large place built to withstand attacks) Synonyms: fortificação, forte (figurative) bulwark; stronghold (something that offers protection, especially in a psychological sense) Synonym: baluarte fortitude; inner strength (emotional strength in the face of adversity) Synonyms: força, firmeza strength (the quality of being physically strong) Synonyms: força, (slang) muque === Further reading === “fortaleza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fortaleza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foɾtaˈleθa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.θa] (Spain) IPA(key): /foɾtaˈlesa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθa (Spain) Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: for‧ta‧le‧za === Noun === fortaleza f (plural fortalezas) fortress fortitude Synonym: fortitud (archaic) strength Synonym: fuerza firmness Synonym: firmeza ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fortaleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025