forta

See also: fortá, forța, forță, and fòrta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈfo̞r.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈfɔr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɔɾ.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈfɔr.ta]

Noun

forta f (plural fortes)

1. female equivalent of fort

Adjective

forta f

1. feminine singular of fort

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforta/

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• Rhymes: -orta
• Syllabification: for‧ta

Adjective

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.

Related terms

• forti
• forto
• reforti

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto forta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforta/

Adjective

forta

1. strong

   Antonyms: debila, febla, frajila, laxa

Derived terms

• forte
• fortesko
• forteso
• fortigar (“to strengthen”)
• fortigo

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fortene

Noun

forta n

1. definite plural of fort

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

forta n pl

1. definite plural of fort

Swedish

Etymology

From fort (“fast, speedily”).

Verb

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 sig ― make 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of forta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	forta		—
supine	fortat		—
imperative	forta		—
imper. plural1	forten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fortar	fortade	—	—
ind. plural1	forta	fortade	—	—
subjunctive2	forte	fortade	—	—
present participle		fortande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• fotar