enforcar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɱ.furˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.forˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.foɾˈkaɾ]

Etymology 1

en- +‎ forca +‎ -ar

Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat)

1. (transitive) to fork up (to gather using a pitchfork)
2. (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)

   Synonym: penjar

Derived terms

• enforcada
• enforcadura
• enforcall

Etymology 2

en- +‎ forc +‎ -ar

Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforquí, past participle enforcat)

1. (transitive) to string (to tie together on a line, as onions)

   Aquella tarda d'estiu vaig aprendre a enforcar alls.

   That summer afternoon I learned how to string garlic.

Further reading

• “enforcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese enforcar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *infurcare, form furca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eɱfoɾˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to hang (to execute by hanging)
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 685:

     Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario

     And some say that he hanged him as a falsifier

   • 1383, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 388:

     Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina

     and we also give to you the heathland that is beyond the chestnut tree of the hanged ones to turn it into farmland

   Synonym: colgar

Related terms

• forca

 

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enforcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• enforchar (Limousin)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien):

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Verb

enforcar (Languedoc)

1. (transitive) to mount (a bike)

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 258.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. to hang (i.e. execute by suspension by the neck)

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Spanish

Verb

enforcar (first-person singular present enforco, first-person singular preterite enforqué, past participle enforcado)

1. (archaic) to hang

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enforcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enforcar
gerund			enforcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enforcado		enforcada
		plural		enforcados		enforcadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enforco	enforcastú enforcásvos	enforca	enforcamos	enforcáis	enforcan
	imperfect	enforcaba	enforcabas	enforcaba	enforcábamos	enforcabais	enforcaban
	preterite	enforqué	enforcaste	enforcó	enforcamos	enforcasteis	enforcaron
	future	enforcaré	enforcarás	enforcará	enforcaremos	enforcaréis	enforcarán
	conditional	enforcaría	enforcarías	enforcaría	enforcaríamos	enforcaríais	enforcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enforque	enforquestú enforquésvos2	enforque	enforquemos	enforquéis	enforquen
	imperfect (ra)	enforcara	enforcaras	enforcara	enforcáramos	enforcarais	enforcaran
	imperfect (se)	enforcase	enforcases	enforcase	enforcásemos	enforcaseis	enforcasen
	future1	enforcare	enforcares	enforcare	enforcáremos	enforcareis	enforcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enforcatú enforcávos	enforque	enforquemos	enforcad	enforquen
	negative		no enforques	no enforque	no enforquemos	no enforquéis	no enforquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enforcar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enforcar
	dative	enforcarme	enforcarte	enforcarle, enforcarse	enforcarnos	enforcaros	enforcarles, enforcarse
	accusative	enforcarme	enforcarte	enforcarlo, enforcarla, enforcarse	enforcarnos	enforcaros	enforcarlos, enforcarlas, enforcarse
with gerund enforcando
	dative	enforcándome	enforcándote	enforcándole, enforcándose	enforcándonos	enforcándoos	enforcándoles, enforcándose
	accusative	enforcándome	enforcándote	enforcándolo, enforcándola, enforcándose	enforcándonos	enforcándoos	enforcándolos, enforcándolas, enforcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enforca
	dative	enfórcame	enfórcate	enfórcale	enfórcanos	not used	enfórcales
	accusative	enfórcame	enfórcate	enfórcalo, enfórcala	enfórcanos	not used	enfórcalos, enfórcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enforcá
	dative	enforcame	enforcate	enforcale	enforcanos	not used	enforcales
	accusative	enforcame	enforcate	enforcalo, enforcala	enforcanos	not used	enforcalos, enforcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enforque
	dative	enfórqueme	not used	enfórquele, enfórquese	enfórquenos	not used	enfórqueles
	accusative	enfórqueme	not used	enfórquelo, enfórquela, enfórquese	enfórquenos	not used	enfórquelos, enfórquelas
with first-person plural imperative enforquemos
	dative	not used	enforquémoste	enforquémosle	enforquémonos	enforquémoos	enforquémosles
	accusative	not used	enforquémoste	enforquémoslo, enforquémosla	enforquémonos	enforquémoos	enforquémoslos, enforquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enforcad
	dative	enforcadme	not used	enforcadle	enforcadnos	enforcaos	enforcadles
	accusative	enforcadme	not used	enforcadlo, enforcadla	enforcadnos	enforcaos	enforcadlos, enforcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enforquen
	dative	enfórquenme	not used	enfórquenle	enfórquennos	not used	enfórquenles, enfórquense
	accusative	enfórquenme	not used	enfórquenlo, enfórquenla	enfórquennos	not used	enfórquenlos, enfórquenlas, enfórquense

Further reading

• “enforcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014