esforzar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese esforçar, from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [esfoɾˈθaɾ], (western) [esfoɾˈsaɾ] === Verb === esforzar (first-person singular present esforzo, first-person singular preterite esforcei, past participle esforzado) (pronominal) to encourage; to exert oneself (transitive) to force (transitive) to rape (transitive, dated) to encourage, strengthen (intransitive, dated) to take courage, gather strength ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esforzo === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esforçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esforç”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esforzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esforzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esforzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). Or, by surface analysis, es- +‎ forzar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esfoɾˈθaɾ/ [es.foɾˈθaɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /esfoɾˈsaɾ/ [es.foɾˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧for‧zar === Verb === esforzar (first-person singular present esfuerzo, first-person singular preterite esforcé, past participle esforzado) (transitive) to encourage (transitive) to strain, struggle (reflexive) to strive (reflexive) to attempt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “esforzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025