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fuerte

Spanish, noun/ˈfweɾte/

fuerte is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fort, stronghold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fuerte mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinestrong

  2. 2

    femininemasculineloud

  3. 3

    femininemasculinewhat (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)

    ¡Fuerte niño más desinquieto!

adverb

  1. 1

    hard

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefort, stronghold

  2. 2

    masculinestrong point, forte, strength

  3. 3

    colloquialmasculinebooze

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que es capaz de ejercer una fuerza grande. 2. Que es capaz de producir un efecto grande. 3. Que tiene mucho poder. 4. Intenso, pronunciado, muy notorio.

adverb: 1. Con fuerza.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fuerte

  • fuertes feminine masculine plural
  • fortísimo superlative
  • fuertísimo superlative
  • fuertecito diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fuerte?

  • /ˈfweɾte/
  • [ˈfweɾ.t̪e]
  • [ˈfweɾt̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fuerte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fuerte in Spanish?

fuerte appears 174 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).