forta

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See also: fortá, forța, forță, and fòrta

Catalan

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Noun

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forta f (plural fortes)

  1. female equivalent of fort

Adjective

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forta f

  1. feminine singular of fort

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Common Romance, ultimately from Latin fortis. Compare French fort, Portuguese and Italian forte, Spanish fuerte, Romanian foarte, English force, forte (strength or talent, noun).

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Adjective

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forta (accusative singular fortan, plural fortaj, accusative plural fortajn)

  1. strong (capable of exerting force or power)
    Antonyms: febla, malforta
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta[1]:
      Amo estas forta, sed mono pli forta.
      Love is strong, but money is stronger.
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Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto forta.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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forta

  1. strong
    Antonyms: debila, febla, frajila, laxa

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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forta n

  1. definite plural of fort

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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forta n pl

  1. definite plural of fort

Swedish

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Etymology

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From fort (fast, speedily).

Verb

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forta (present fortar, preterite fortade, supine fortat, imperative forta)

  1. (reflexive, of a clock) go too fast, ahead of true time
    Antonym: dra (sig)
    få en väggpendyl att forta sigmake a pendulum clock go faster
  2. (reflexive, colloquial) hurry
    Synonym: skynda
    Antonym: sakta (sig)
    Nu skall jag forta mig igenom flest möjliga bloggar.Now I will hurry through as many blogs as possible.

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