obrigar

(Anglès)

  1. to oblige; to force; to compel; to coerce (tell someone to do something against their wills, often by using threats of violence)
  2. (figuratively) to induce an action by leaving no other choices

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/o.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Old Galician-Portuguese obrigar, from Latin obligāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term.

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