reforzar
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]reforzar (first-person singular present reforzo, first-person singular preterite reforcei, past participle reforzado)
- to reinforce
- to strengthen
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of reforzar (c-z alternation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “reforzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /refoɾˈθaɾ/ [re.foɾˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /refoɾˈsaɾ/ [re.foɾˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧for‧zar
Verb
[edit]reforzar (first-person singular present refuerzo, first-person singular preterite reforcé, past participle reforzado)
- to reinforce, to bolster, to buttress
- to strengthen, to increase, to beef up (the level, strength, amount of)
- 2025 July 23, Priscilla Alvarez, “El Gobierno de Trump toma medidas para acelerar la deportación de menores migrantes y les ofrece opción de "autodeportarse"”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- El Gobierno ha recurrido a las denominadas “autodeportaciones” mientras refuerza la campaña de deportaciones masivas del presidente Donald Trump.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to tighten, to tighten up (e.g. security, regulations)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of reforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of reforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “reforzar”, 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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- Galician terms prefixed with re-
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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