# fortaleza
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa or Old French forteresce, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foɾtaˈleθa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.θɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /foɾtaˈleθa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.θɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /foɾtaˈlesa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -esa
* Hyphenation: for‧ta‧le‧za

#### Noun

fortaleza f (plural fortalezas)
* fortress
** 1325, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 399:Et mando a meu ffillo Martin affonsi en melloramento sobre os outros ffillos por rrazon do terço a mina casa forte de Peteellos eno alto e eno baixo con seu cural e con suas ffortalezas commo estaI devise to my son Martín Afonso, as a betterment over the rest of my children, a third of my stronghold of Petelos, up and down, with its yard and with its fortresses, as it is now
* strength; resilience; fortitude

##### Related terms

* casa forte
* forte

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fortaleza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* "fortaleza" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fortaleza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fortaleza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fortaleza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fortaleza
* inflection of fortalecer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza, from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁ.taˈle.zɐ/ [foh.taˈle.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁ.taˈle.zɐ/ [foh.taˈle.zɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /foɾ.taˈle.zɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /foʁ.taˈle.zɐ/ [foχ.taˈle.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /foɻ.taˈle.za/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾ.tɐˈle.zɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Homophone: Fortaleza
* Hyphenation: for‧ta‧le‧za

### Noun

fortaleza f (plural fortalezas)
* fortress; fortification; stronghold (a large place built to withstand attacks)
    Synonyms: fortificação, forte
* (figurative) bulwark; stronghold (something that offers protection, especially in a psychological sense)
    Synonym: baluarte
* fortitude; inner strength (emotional strength in the face of adversity)
    Synonyms: força, firmeza
* strength (the quality of being physically strong)
    Synonyms: força, (slang) muque

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /foɾtaˈleθa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.θa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /foɾtaˈlesa/ [foɾ.t̪aˈle.sa]
* Rhymes: -eθa
* Rhymes: -esa
* Syllabification: for‧ta‧le‧za

### Noun

fortaleza f (plural fortalezas)
* fortress
* fortitude
    Synonym: fortitud (archaic)
* strength
    Synonym: fuerza
* firmness
    Synonym: firmeza

#### Derived terms

* Fortaleza Protectora Argentina

#### Related terms

* fortalecer
* fuerte

### Further reading

* “fortaleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10