puwersa
puwérsa with stress marks
force; strength
Usage Note
Puwersa is borrowed from Spanish fuerza and is used in both physical and figurative contexts — the force of nature, military force, or sheer willpower. It is common in political and motivational speech and pairs naturally with verbs like gamitin and ibuhos.
Examples
" Gamitin mo ang buong puwersa. "
Natural Translation
Use your full strength.
Literal Translation
Use you the whole strength.
" Ginamit nila ang buong puwersa upang buksan ang pinto. "
Natural Translation
They used full force to open the door.
Literal Translation
Used they the full force to open the door.
" Sa kabila ng pagod, ibinuhos niya ang lahat ng natitirang puwersa upang matapos ang karera bago lumubog ang araw. "
Natural Translation
Despite the exhaustion, he poured out all his remaining strength to finish the race before the sun set.
Literal Translation
In spite of tiredness, poured-out he the all of remaining strength to finish the race before set the sun.
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