🇵🇹 Portuguese

forças

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feminine

as forças

forces

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forças
/as ˈfoʁsɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say forças in Portuguese?

IPA
/as ˈfoʁsɐs/

How do you pronounce forças in Portuguese?

forças is pronounced /as ˈfoʁsɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A força bruta não resolve problemas complexos; é necessária uma força inteligente.

Brute force doesn't solve complex problems; an intelligent force is necessary.

A força muscular dela era impressionante, mas a força mental era ainda mais poderosa.

Her muscular strength was impressive, but her mental strength was even more powerful.

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Why is it feminine?

Forças is feminine because it derives from Latin "fortia," which is the feminine nominative singular form of the third-declension adjective "fortis" (strong). In Latin, abstract nouns derived from adjectives often took the neuter nominative/accusative form ending in "-ia", but "fortia" became associated with feminine gender in Vulgar Latin. This feminine gender was preserved as Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin, making it a regular gender inheritance.

What is the Portuguese word for forces?

The Portuguese word for forces is as forças — feminine.

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