esforzar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese esforçar, from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (strong).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [esfoɾˈθaɾ], (western) [esfoɾˈsaɾ]

Verb[edit]

esforzar (first-person singular present esforzo, first-person singular preterite esforcei, past participle esforzado)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to encourage; to exert oneself
  2. (transitive) to force
  3. (transitive) to rape
  4. (transitive, dated) to encourage, strengthen
  5. (intransitive, dated) to take courage, gather strength

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References[edit]

  • esforçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • esforç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • esforzar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • esforzar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • esforzar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (strong). Or, by surface analysis, es- +‎ forzar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esfoɾˈθaɾ/ [es.foɾˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /esfoɾˈsaɾ/ [es.foɾˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧for‧zar

Verb[edit]

esforzar (first-person singular present esfuerzo, first-person singular preterite esforcé, past participle esforzado)

  1. (transitive) to encourage
  2. (transitive) to strain, struggle
  3. (reflexive) to strive
  4. (reflexive) to attempt

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