forca

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
2. (feminine) hangman

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of forcar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of forcar:

Concepts

gallows

gibbet

noose

hanging

drive

slip noose

driving force

thrust

running noose

Synonyms

laço

nó

🪢

cadafalso

enforcamento

Mortes por enforcamento

Patíbulo

impulso

Nó de correr

empurrão

impulsão

Translations

gibet

Galgen

potence

horca

forca

patibolo

patibulum

patíbulo

κρεμάλα

gabalus

impiccagione

αγχόνη

galg

darağacı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfoʁ.kɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: furca

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese forca, from Latin furca.