How to say “force” in 47 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- fuerza/ˈfweɾθa/ Spanish
- أكره/ʔak.ra.ha/ Arabic
- ուժ/uʒ/ Armenian
- сила[ˈsɪɫɐ] Ukrainian
“force” in Spanish: fuerza · Italian: forza · Portuguese: força · Arabic: أكره
It is commonest in Italian, where forza is the 251st most used word.
Force in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans forseer/fɔrˈsɪə̯r/ to force, to coerce #912
- Albanian forca/fɔɾt͡sa/ #466
- Arabic أكره/ʔak.ra.ha/ to force, to compel, to coerce #431
- Armenian ուժ/uʒ/ #819
- Basque behartu/behartu/ to compel, urge, force #513
- Bengali বজায়/bɔd͡ʒae̯/ in force, in position, intact #2,079
- Bosnian sila/sîla/ #2,049
- Bulgarian сила[ˈsiɫɐ] strength, force, forcefulness #666
- Catalan forces[ˈfɔr.səs] #1,091
- Chinese 警察/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/ police; police force #76
- Croatian natjerati/nǎtjerati/ to make, compel, force, drive #1,745
- Danish tvang/tvaŋˀ/ to force #2,008
- Dutch moment/moːˈmɛnt/ moment of force, moment #359
- English hard/hɑɹd/ With much force or effort #318
- Esperanto forto/ˈforto/ strength, force #1,061
- Estonian sõjavägi/ˈsɤjɑˌvæɡ̊i/ army, defence force #1,810
- Finnish pakko/ˈpɑkːo/ obligation, force, necessity, compulsion,… #434
- Galician forza/ˈfɔɾθa/ #440
- Georgian ძალა[d͡zäɫä] power, force, strength #399
- German gewalt/ɡəˈvalt/ strong or violent force #1,682
- Greek δύναμη/ˈði.na.mi/ power, force, strength, brawn #560
- Hindi बल/bəl/ strength, force #1,476
- Hungarian erő[ˈɛrøː] strength, force, power #1,981
- Icelandic fast/fast/ strongly, with force #719
- Indonesian kapten/ˈkaptɛn/ an army or air force officer whose rank is… #436
- Italian forza/ˈfɔr.t͡sa/ #251
- Korean 억지로[ʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈iɾo̞] by force; forcibly #1,404
- Latvian spēku/ˈspæːku/ #775
- Lithuanian jėga[jeːˈɡɐ] power, force #524
- Macedonian сила[ˈsiɫa] #513
- Malay polis/ˈpolis/ The police, a civil force granted the legal… #200
- Malayalam ശക്തി/ʃɐkt̪i/ power, force, strength #240
- Norwegian kraft/ˈkrɑft/ a force #1,425
- Persian توش/tuːʃ/ strength, force #396
- Portuguese força/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ force; strength #460
- Russian заставить[zɐˈstavʲɪtʲ] to compel, to force, to make #1,176
- Serbian sila/sîla/ #2,112
- Slovak prinútiť/prinuːcic/ to force, to compel #1,431
- Slovenian sila/sìːla/ #969
- Spanish fuerza/ˈfweɾθa/ #715
- Swedish tvungen/ˈtvɵŋɛn/ to force #762
- Tagalog enerhiya/ʔeneɾˈhia/ energy; vigor; force #351
- Tamil கடற்படை/kɐɖɐrpɐɖɐɪ̯/ navy, naval force #615
- Turkish gücü/ɟyˈd͡ʒy/ strength, force #867
- Ukrainian сила[ˈsɪɫɐ] #951
- Urdu لشکر/ləʃ.kəɾ/ army, armed force, military #2,035
- Vietnamese lực[lɨk̚˧˨ʔ] #406
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