Word
A fuerza de paciencia, terminé el vaciado.
Meaning
Through patience, I finished the casting process.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of A fuerza de paciencia, terminé el vaciado.
de
of
la paciencia
the patience
terminar
to end
a
for
Questions & Answers about A fuerza de paciencia, terminé el vaciado.
Why does the sentence start with A fuerza de?
A fuerza de is an idiomatic expression meaning something like by dint of, through sheer, or thanks to a lot of.
So A fuerza de paciencia suggests that patience was the key thing that made the result possible. It is stronger and more emphatic than just con paciencia.
- con paciencia = with patience
- a fuerza de paciencia = through sheer patience / by dint of patience
It often gives the idea of persistence, repetition, or effort over time.
Why is it de paciencia and not con paciencia?
Because a fuerza de is a fixed expression, and it is followed by de.
So the structure is:
- a fuerza de + noun
- a fuerza de + infinitive
Examples:
- A fuerza de paciencia, lo consiguió.
- A fuerza de repetirlo, aprendió.
You cannot normally replace the de with con inside this expression.
What does terminé tell us here?