fuerça
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Old Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fuerça f (usually uncountable)
- strength, might, power (physical power)
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20r. a.
- Q̃ saq̃ſt de t̃ra de egypto. con fuerça grãt & cõ mano fuert.
- Whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand.
- Idem, f. 82v. a.
- e cortol los cabellos e ſperto ſãpſõ e nõ ouo nada de fuerça e priſierõ le los philiſteos
- then she cut his hair and Sampson woke up having no strength, and then the Philistines took him prisoner
- e cortol los cabellos e ſperto ſãpſõ e nõ ouo nada de fuerça e priſierõ le los philiſteos
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20r. a.
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