sforzare
Meaning
- (transitive) to force (a door, a person to do something, etc.)
- (transitive) to strain, to overexert (an engine, one's muscles, etc.)
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Hyphenated as
sfor‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sforˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). Or, by surface analysis, s- + forza + -are.
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