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forțat
forced /forˈt͡sat/
adjective#3258 most common
Also: strained, coerced, artificial (of behavior)
Example sentences
Zâmbetul lui era forțat.
His smile was forced.
Nu vreau să fiu forțat să plec.
I don't want to be forced to leave.
Am fost forțat să renunț la job.
I was forced to quit my job.
Râsul ei suna forțat și nesincer.
Her laugh sounded forced and insincere.
Muncitorii au fost forțați să lucreze ore suplimentare fără plată.
The workers were forced to work overtime without pay.
Argumentația lui, deși elegantă, avea un aer forțat, ca și cum ar fi căutat cu tot dinadinsul o concluzie surprinzătoare.
His argument, though elegant, had a forced quality, as if he were deliberately hunting for a surprising conclusion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | forțat (m) / forțată (f) | forțați (m) / forțate (f) |
| Genitive | forțat (m) / forțate (f) | forțați (m) / forțate (f) |
| Accusative | forțat (m) / forțată (f) | forțați (m) / forțate (f) |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
Etymology
Forțat is the past participle of the verb a forța, "to force", which Romanian borrowed from French forcer during the nineteenth-century wave of Latin-Romance relexification. French forcer itself descends from Vulgar Latin fortiare, built on fortis, "strong". The suffix -at marks the participle, matching the Latin -atus pattern seen across Romance languages.
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