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From fortal(eza) + -ecer, from Old Occitan fortalessa.
fortalecer (first-person singular present fortalezo, first-person singular preterite fortalecín, past participle fortalecido)
fortalecer (first-person singular present fortaleço, first-person singular preterite fortalecim or fortaleci, past participle fortalecido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to fortify, strengthen
Conjugation of fortalecer (c-z alternation)
| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | fortalecer | | | | | | | Personal | fortalecer | fortaleceres | fortalecer | fortalecermos | fortalecerdes | fortalecerem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | fortalecendo | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | fortalecido | fortalecidos | | | | | | Feminine | fortalecida | fortalecidas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | fortaleço | fortaleces | fortalece | fortalecemos | fortalecedes, fortaleceis | fortalecem | | Imperfect | fortalecia | fortalecias | fortalecia | fortalecíamos | fortalecíades, fortalecíeis, _fortalecíais_1 | fortaleciam | | Preterite | fortalecim, fortaleci | fortaleceste, _fortaleceche_1 | fortaleceu | fortalecemos | fortalecestes | fortalecêrom, fortaleceram | | Pluperfect | fortalecera | fortaleceras | fortalecera | fortalecêramos | fortalecêrades, fortalecêreis, _fortalecêrais_1 | fortaleceram | | Future | fortalecerei | fortalecerás | fortalecerá | fortaleceremos | fortaleceredes, fortalecereis | fortalecerám, fortalecerão | | Conditional | fortaleceria | fortalecerias | fortaleceria | fortaleceríamos | fortaleceríades, fortaleceríeis, fortaleceríais1 | fortaleceriam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | fortaleça | fortaleças | fortaleça | fortaleçamos | fortaleçades, fortaleçais | fortaleçam | | Imperfect | fortalecesse | fortalecesses | fortalecesse | fortalecêssemos | fortalecêssedes, fortalecêsseis | fortalecessem | | Future | fortalecer | fortaleceres | fortalecer | fortalecermos | fortalecerdes | fortalecerem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | fortalece | fortaleça | fortaleçamos | fortalecede, fortalecei | fortaleçam | | Negative (nom) | nom fortaleças | nom fortaleça | nom fortaleçamos | nom fortaleçades, nom fortaleçais | nom fortaleçam | |
From fortal(eza) + -ecer, from Old Occitan fortalessa.
fortalecer (first-person singular present fortaleço, first-person singular preterite fortaleci, past participle fortalecido)
- to strengthen, fortify
Synonyms: fortificar, robustecer
- fortalecimento
- “fortalecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “fortalecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
From fortal(eza) + -ecer, from Old Occitan fortalessa.
- IPA(key): /foɾtaleˈθeɾ/ [foɾ.t̪a.leˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /foɾtaleˈseɾ/ [foɾ.t̪a.leˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: for‧ta‧le‧cer
fortalecer (first-person singular present fortalezco, first-person singular preterite fortalecí, past participle fortalecido)
- (transitive) to fortify, strengthen
Selected combined forms of fortalecer (c-zc 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 fortalecer | dative | fortalecerme | fortalecerte | fortalecerle, fortalecerse | fortalecernos | fortaleceros | fortalecerles, fortalecerse | | accusative | fortalecerme | fortalecerte | fortalecerlo, fortalecerla, fortalecerse | fortalecernos | fortaleceros | fortalecerlos, fortalecerlas, fortalecerse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund fortaleciendo | dative | fortaleciéndome | fortaleciéndote | fortaleciéndole, fortaleciéndose | fortaleciéndonos | fortaleciéndoos | fortaleciéndoles, fortaleciéndose | | accusative | fortaleciéndome | fortaleciéndote | fortaleciéndolo, fortaleciéndola, fortaleciéndose | fortaleciéndonos | fortaleciéndoos | fortaleciéndolos, fortaleciéndolas, fortaleciéndose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative fortalece | dative | fortaléceme | fortalécete | fortalécele | fortalécenos | not used | fortaléceles | | accusative | fortaléceme | fortalécete | fortalécelo, fortalécela | fortalécenos | not used | fortalécelos, fortalécelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fortalecé | dative | fortaleceme | fortalecete | fortalecele | fortalecenos | not used | fortaleceles | | accusative | fortaleceme | fortalecete | fortalecelo, fortalecela | fortalecenos | not used | fortalecelos, fortalecelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative fortalezca | dative | fortalézcame | not used | fortalézcale, fortalézcase | fortalézcanos | not used | fortalézcales | | accusative | fortalézcame | not used | fortalézcalo, fortalézcala, fortalézcase | fortalézcanos | not used | fortalézcalos, fortalézcalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative fortalezcamos | dative | not used | fortalezcámoste | fortalezcámosle | fortalezcámonos | fortalezcámoos | fortalezcámosles | | accusative | not used | fortalezcámoste | fortalezcámoslo, fortalezcámosla | fortalezcámonos | fortalezcámoos | fortalezcámoslos, fortalezcámoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative fortaleced | dative | fortalecedme | not used | fortalecedle | fortalecednos | fortaleceos | fortalecedles | | accusative | fortalecedme | not used | fortalecedlo, fortalecedla | fortalecednos | fortaleceos | fortalecedlos, fortalecedlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative fortalezcan | dative | fortalézcanme | not used | fortalézcanle | fortalézcannos | not used | fortalézcanles, fortalézcanse | | accusative | fortalézcanme | not used | fortalézcanlo, fortalézcanla | fortalézcannos | not used | fortalézcanlos, fortalézcanlas, fortalézcanse | |
“fortalecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- Galician terms suffixed with -ecer
- Galician terms derived from Old Occitan
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -er
- Galician verbs with c-z alternation
- Galician verbs with c-ç alternation
- Galician transitive verbs
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ecer
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Occitan
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -er
- Portuguese verbs with c-ç alternation
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ecer
- Spanish terms derived from Old Occitan
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verbs with c-zc alternation
- Spanish transitive verbs