fuerte
Appearance
See also: Fuerte
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin fortis, fortem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).
Adjective
[edit]fuerte (epicene, plural fuertes)
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]fuerte m (plural fuertes)
Further reading
[edit]- “fuerte (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- “fuerte (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fuerte”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin fortem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare English forte ("a strength").
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fuerte m or f (masculine and feminine plural fuertes, superlative fortísimo or fuertísimo)
- strong
- Antonym: débil
- 2017 May 27, Matt Egan, “Trump quiere perforar petróleo en el frágil refugio de vida salvaje de Alaska”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- Abrir el refugio de Alaska a la perforación requiere una acción del Congreso y los ecologistas ya prometen una fuerte oposición.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- loud
- Antonym: despacio
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]fuerte
Noun
[edit]fuerte m (plural fuertes) (diminutive fuertecito)
- fort, stronghold
- strong point, forte, strength
- (colloquial, Chile, Ecuador) booze
- Synonym: trago
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fuerte”, 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
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- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
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- Asturian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Asturian lemmas
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- Asturian masculine nouns
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾte
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾte/2 syllables
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