forzar

== Asturian == === Verb === forzar (first-person singular indicative present fuerzo, past participle forzáu) to force ==== Conjugation ==== == Galician == === Alternative forms === forçar (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forçar, from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. Compare Portuguese forçar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [foɾˈθaɾ], (western) [foɾˈsaɾ] === Verb === forzar (first-person singular present forzo, first-person singular preterite forcei, past participle forzado) (transitive) to force, break through (transitive) to compel, force (transitive) to rape, violate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== esforzar forza === References === “forzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “forçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “forç”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forzar”, 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), “forzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Spanish == === Etymology === From Old Spanish forçar, from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foɾˈθaɾ/ [foɾˈθaɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /foɾˈsaɾ/ [foɾˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: for‧zar === Verb === forzar (first-person singular present fuerzo, first-person singular preterite forcé, past participle forzado) (transitive) to force, break through (transitive) to violate, rape, ravish Synonym: violar (transitive) to take by storm (transitive) to compel, force Synonym: obligar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “forzar”, 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