fuerza mayor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌfweɾθa maˈʝoɾ/ [ˌfweɾ.θa maˈʝoɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌfweɾsa maˈʝoɾ/ [ˌfweɾ.sa maˈʝoɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ˌfweɾsa maˈʝoɾ/ [ˌfweɾ.sa maˈʝoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌfweɾsa maˈʃoɾ/ [ˌfweɾ.sa maˈʃoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌfweɾsa maˈʒoɾ/ [ˌfweɾ.sa maˈʒoɾ]

• Syllabification: fuer‧za ma‧yor

Noun

fuerza mayor f (uncountable)

1. (law) force majeure, act of God

   Synonym: caso fortuito

Further reading

• “fuerza mayor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• fuerza mayor on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es