Adjective: forte
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | forte |
| Singular f. | forte |
| Plural m. | fortes |
| Plural f. | fortes |
Sample Sentences
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O homem forte levantou o carro. (The strong man lifted the car.)
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Senti um cheiro muito forte. (I smelled a very strong odor.)
Adjectives inflected like forte
ionizante,
semita,
gremista,
polarizante,
sapeca,
militante,
sacana,
sainte,
classicista,
sovina,
somali,
soante,
solene,
activista,
belmontense,
monolingue,
apaixonante,
humanoide,
felgueirense,
aglutinante, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). See: Latin Adjectives '
fortis'.
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