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Spanish Word of the Day
Sunday, December 15, 2013

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fuerte, adjective
strong; loud

Fuerte is very common in Spanish. The commonest words in any language tend to have very many meanings, and fuerte is no exception. Today we're looking at two of its major meanings, strong and loud.

Es el hombre más fuerte del mundo.
He's the strongest man in the world.

Es una bebida muy fuerte.
It's a very strong drink.

Apart from literal physical strength, fuerte can apply to many of the other things to which strong applies in English:

El dólar ha sido tradicionalmente una moneda fuerte.
The dollar has traditionally been a strong currency.

el punto fuerte de este plan
the strong point of this plan

un olor muy fuerte
a very strong smell

When talking about sounds, fuerte is also at the top of scale, meaning loud:

No me gusta la música muy fuerte.
I don't like really loud music.

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