| Principal Translations |
| force n | (strength) | potencia nf |
| | This lift has a lot of force and can lift a heavy truck. |
| | El ascensor tiene una gran potencia y puede elevar un camión pesado. |
| force n | (physics: influence on motion) | fuerza nf |
| | | violencia nf |
| | The force of the wind caused the ball to fall to the side. |
| | La fuerza del viento hizo que la pelota cayese a un lado. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La violencia del viento hizo que la valla se derrumbara. |
| force n | (powerful entity) | fuerza nf |
| | | influencia nf |
| | Many people think that religion is a force of good in the world. |
| | Muchos piensan que la religión es la fuerza del bien en el mundo. |
| | Mucha gente cree que la religión es una influencia positiva en el mundo. |
| force n | (military group) | fuerza nf |
| | Our country's military forces include the army and the navy. |
| | Los militares de nuestro país incluyen el ejército y la fuerza aérea. |
| forces npl | (military: troops) | fuerzas nfpl |
| | Military forces landed on the island and restored order. |
| | Las fuerzas militares desembarcaron en la isla y restauraron el orden. |
| force [sth]⇒ vtr | (obstacle: overcome) | forzar⇒ vtr |
| | The police forced the door. |
| | La policía forzó la entrada. |
| force [sb]⇒ vtr | (compel, oblige) | obligar a vtr + prep |
| | | forzar a vtr + prep |
| | Beth didn't want to eat anything, but her parents forced her. |
| | El padre obligaba a Bet a comer, aunque ella no quería comer nada. |
| force [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (compel, oblige) | obligar a alguien a loc verb |
| | | forzar a alguien a loc verb |
| | His father forced him to take out the rubbish. |
| | Su padre le obligó a sacar la basura. |
| | Su padre le forzó a sacar la basura. |
| force yourself vtr + refl | (make yourself do [sth]) | forzarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | obligarse⇒ v prnl |
| | I didn't feel like getting out of bed this morning, but I forced myself. |
| force yourself to do [sth] v expr | (make yourself do [sth]) | obligarse a hacer algo, forzarse a hacer algo v prnl + prep |
| | | hacer el esfuerzo de hacer algo loc verb + prep |
| | To make progress you have to force yourself to practice every day. |
| | Para progresar tienes que obligarte a practicar todos los días. |
| force yourself on [sb] v expr | (rape) | abusar de alguien vi + prep |
| | | violar a alguien vtr + prep |
| | Alice reported her date to the police for forcing himself on her. |
| Additional Translations |
| force n | (compulsion) | fuerza nf |
| | Some force is driving me to telephone him. |
| | Una especie de fuerza me obliga a llamarlo. |
| force n | (persuasiveness) | fuerza nf |
| | Her argument had a lot of force. |
| | Su argumento tenía mucha fuerza. |
| force n | (group of people) | fuerza nf |
| | | grupo de presión nm + loc adj |
| Note: usually used in compounds: "police force," "labor force," "sales force" |
| | The sales manager gave her force of representatives a pep talk. |
| | La gerente de ventas le dio a su fuerza de representantes una charla motivadora. |
| force n | (strain) | tensión nf |
| | | presión nf |
| | The metal couldn't withstand the force, and eventually broke. |
| | El metal no pudo soportar la tensión, y acabó por romperse. |
| | El metal no pudo aguantar la presión y terminó por partirse. |
| force [sth]⇒ vtr | (overcome opposition to) | imponer⇒ vtr |
| | Through the power of persuasion, we were able to force the issue through. |
| | A fuerza de persuasión, logramos imponer nuestro criterio. |
Locuciones verbales
force | forced |
force [sth] down,
force down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (eat with difficulty) | tragar a la fuerza loc verb |
force [sth] down,
force down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (airplane: force to land) | obligar a aterrizar loc verb |
| force [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (expel, push out) | forzar⇒ vtr |
| | He didn't want to admit it, but he forced the words out. |
| | No quería admitirlo, pero él le forzó a hablar. |
| force [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (evict) | desalojar a vtr + prep |
| | | expulsar a vtr + prep |
| | | echar a vtr + prep |
| | Police forced the squatters out. |
| | La policía desalojó a los ocupas. |