La Palabra del Día: Forzar
Forzar to force, to strain, to break open
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My Example:
Esta chica quería que ese hombre se enamorara de ella y entonces se casarían. Pero al fin, decidió forzarle para lograr el mismo resultado.
This girl wanted that guy to fall in love with her and then they would get married. But in the end, she decided to force him in order to achieve the same result.
20 Answers
La empresa les forzó a dimitir
They were forced to resign by the company
Forcé por el cuello ayer por la noche viendo las peleas.
I strained my neck last night watching the fights.
No es una buena idea forzar un niño hacer cualquier cosa.
It's not a good idea to force a child to do anything.
(I don't know who is more scared in this picture, the kids or Santa Claus.
The thief forced open the door of the building only to discover that he had broken into the compound (or yard) where the police dogs were waiting for him!
= ¡El ladrón forzó la puerta del edificio sólo para descubrir que había entrado en el patio donde los perros de la policía le estaban esperando!
Editor's note: I was trying to find the Spanish word for the open area eg yard, attached to kennels which could house Police dogs (ie: guard dogs) I am still not sure which word it should be since none of them seemed to exactly describe what I was looking for. The word Kennel did not seem to imply a running area where the dogs could exercise, neither did the compound imply a place where the dogs could sleep eg Kennel.
Corregid mi español, por favor 
Original caption:
El ladrón forzó la puerta del edificio sólo para descubrir que ha entrado en ( o meterse en) el habitacional ( o patio) donde los perros de la policía le estaban esperando
I would like to point out that forzar used with persons in Spanish is using force, that is we think of rape when we say:
Ese hombre me forzó.
Most of the sentences would have to use obligar for example, I have allowed forzar so as not to rewrite all sentences
Chris, as you are the owner of this thread, your sentence would have had to use obligar too. And, you did not correct your sentence correctly.
