a fuerza de
Spanish
Etymology
Compare French à force de.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /a ˈfweɾθa de/ [a ˈfweɾ.θa ð̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /a ˈfweɾsa de/ [a ˈfweɾ.sa ð̞e]
- Syllabification: a fuer‧za de
Preposition
- by dint of, by (used to suggest a means to an end, especially one that required great effort)
- A fuerza de cortar leña con su hacha, se le encallecieron las manos.
- By cutting wood with an axe, her hands hardened up.
- 2015 October 12, “Lionel Messi, su papá y el banquillo de Gavá”, in El País:
- A fuerza de teorías conspiratorias, nacionalismos de vía estrecha, laberintos societarios para engañar a la Hacienda pública y mensajes simples de catecismo, el ámbito del fútbol se ha convertido en una tundra inhóspita vedada para la racionalidad y la continencia verbal.
- By dint of conspiracy theories, narrow-track nationalisms, corporate mazes to deceive the Public Treasury and simple catechism messages, the field of soccer has become an inhospitable tundra forbidden for rationality and verbal continence.
Further reading
- “a fuerza de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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