# forçar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. By surface analysis, força +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [furˈsa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [forˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [foɾˈsaɾ]

### Verb

forçar (first-person singular present forço, first-person singular preterite forcí, past participle forçat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to force

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | forçar | forçar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | forçant | forçant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | forçat | forçat | forçada | forçada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | forçats | forçats | forçades | forçades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | forço | forces | força | forcem | forceu | forcen |
| indicative | imperfect | forçava | forçaves | forçava | forçàvem | forçàveu | forçaven |
| indicative | future | forçaré | forçaràs | forçarà | forçarem | forçareu | forçaran |
| indicative | preterite | forcí | forçares | forçà | forçàrem | forçàreu | forçaren |
| indicative | conditional | forçaria | forçaries | forçaria | forçaríem | forçaríeu | forçarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | forci | forcis | forci | forcem | forceu | forcin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | forcés | forcessis | forcés | forcéssim | forcéssiu | forcessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | força | forci | forcem | forceu | forcin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no forcis | no forci | no forcem | no forceu | no forcin |

#### Related terms

* esforçar

### Further reading

* “forçar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “forçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “forçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “forçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

forçar (first-person singular present forço, first-person singular preterite forcei, past participle forçado, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of forzar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* força

### References

* “forçar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. Or, by surface analysis, fòrça +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

forçar
* (transitive) to force

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | aver forçat | aver forçat | aver forçat |
| gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | forçat | forçat | forçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | fòrçi | forças | força | forçam | forçatz | forçan |
| indicative | imperfect | forçavi | forçavas | forçava | forçàvem | forçàvetz | forçavan |
| indicative | preterite | fòrçèri | fòrçères | fòrçèt | fòrçèrem | fòrçèretz | fòrçèron |
| indicative | future | forçarai | forçaràs | forçarà | forçarem | forçaretz | forçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | forçariái | forçariás | forçariá | forçariam | forçariatz | forçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | fòrçèra | fòrçèras | fòrçèra | fòrçeram | fòrçeratz | fòrçèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | fòrçe | fòrçem | fòrçetz | fòrçen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fòrçèssi | fòrçèsses | fòrçèsse | fòrçèssem | fòrçèssetz | fòrçèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | força | | fòrçem | forçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | aver forçat | aver forçat | aver forçat |
| gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | forçat | forçat | forçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | força | forçam | forçatz | forçon |
| indicative | imperfect | forçave | forçaves | forçava | forçaviam | forçaviatz | forçavon |
| indicative | preterite | fòrçere | fòrçeres | fòrçet | fòrçem | fòrçetz | fòrçeron |
| indicative | future | forçarai | forçaràs | forçará | forçarem | forçaretz | forçarán |
| indicative | conditional | forçariá | forçariás | forçariá | forçariam | forçariatz | forçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | fòrçèra | fòrçèras | fòrçèra | fòrçeram | fòrçeratz | fòrçèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | fòrçe | forçassiam | forçassiatz | forçon |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fòrçesse | fòrçesses | fòrçesse | fòrçessiam | fòrçessiatz | fòrçesson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | força | | forçassiam | forçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | aver forçat | aver forçat | aver forçat |
| gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | forçat | forçat | forçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | fòrçi | forças | força | forçam | forçatz | forçan |
| indicative | imperfect | forçavi | forçavas | forçava | forçàvam | forçàvatz | forçavan |
| indicative | preterite | fòrçèi | fòrçès | fòrçè | fòrçèm | fòrçètz | fòrçèn |
| indicative | future | forçarèi | forçaràs | forçarà | forçaram | forçaratz | forçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | forçarí | forçarés | forçaré | forçarem | forçaretz | forçarén |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | fòrçèra | fòrçèras | fòrçèra | fòrçeram | fòrçeratz | fòrçèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | fòrçi | fòrçes | fòrçe | fòrçem | fòrçetz | fòrçen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fòrçèssi | fòrçèsses | fòrçèsse | fòrçèssem | fòrçèssetz | fòrçèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | força | | fòrçem | forçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | aver forçat | aver forçat | aver forçat |
| gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | forçat | forçat | forçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | fòrçe | forças | força | forçam | forçatz | forçan |
| indicative | imperfect | forçava | forçavas | forçava | forçàvam | forçàvatz | forçavan |
| indicative | preterite | fòrçei | fòrçeras | fòrçet | fòrçèram | fòrçèratz | fòrçeran |
| indicative | future | forçarai | forçaràs | forçará | forçarem | forçaretz | forçarán |
| indicative | conditional | forçariá | forçariàs | forçariá | forçariam | forçariatz | forçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | fòrçèra | fòrçèras | fòrçèra | fòrçeram | fòrçeratz | fòrçèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | fòrçe | fòrçem | fòrçetz | fòrçen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fòrçèsse | fòrçèsses | fòrçèsse | fòrçèssem | fòrçèssetz | fòrçèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | força | | fòrçem | forçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | forçar | forçar | forçar | aver forçat | aver forçat | aver forçat |
| gerund | gerund | forçant | forçant | forçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | forçat | forçat | forçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | força | forçam | forçatz | forçan |
| indicative | imperfect | forçavi | forçavas | forçava | forçàvem | forçàvetz | forçavan |
| indicative | preterite | fòrçère | fòrçères | fòrçèt | fòrçeriam | fòrçeriatz | fòrçèron |
| indicative | future | forçarai | forçaràs | forçarà | forçarem | forçaretz | forçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | forçariáu | forçariás | forçariá | forçariam | forçariatz | forçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | fòrçèra | fòrçèras | fòrçèra | fòrçeram | fòrçeratz | fòrçèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | fòrçe | fòrçes | fòrçe | fòrçem | fòrçetz | forçan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fòrçèsse | fòrçèsses | fòrçèsse | fòrçessiam | fòrçessiatz | fòrçèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | força | | fòrçem | forçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foɾ.ˈt͡saɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

forçar
* to force

#### Descendants

* Galician: forzar
* Portuguese: forçar

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "forçar"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forçar, from Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis. By surface analysis, força +‎ -ar. Compare Galician forzar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [fohˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [fohˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /foɾˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [foχˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /foɻˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: for‧çar

### Verb

forçar (first-person singular present forço, first-person singular preterite forcei, past participle forçado)
* (transitive) to force

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “forçar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “forçar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “forçar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “forçar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “forçar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “forçar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024