esforçar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əs.furˈsa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.forˈsa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.foɾˈsaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, first-person singular preterite esforcí, past participle esforçat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (obsolete) to strengthen (pronominal) to try hard, to make an effort, to strive ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esforç ==== Related terms ==== forçar === Further reading === “esforçar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “esforçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “esforçar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “esforçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧for‧çar === Verb === esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, first-person singular preterite esforcei, past participle esforçado) to strain (reflexive) to make an effort (Brazil, informal, proscribed) alternative form of forçar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esforço === Further reading === “esforçar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esforçar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026