esforzado

Galician

Participle

esforzado (feminine esforzada, masculine plural esforzados, feminine plural esforzadas)

1. past participle of esforzar

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of esforzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esfoɾˈθado/ [es.foɾˈθa.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esfoɾˈsado/ [es.foɾˈsa.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: es‧for‧za‧do

Adjective

esforzado (feminine esforzada, masculine plural esforzados, feminine plural esforzadas)

1. brave, courageous, valiant, energetic
2. try-hard, hardcore (having an extreme dedication but little talent)

Derived terms

• esforzadamente

Participle

esforzado (feminine esforzada, masculine plural esforzados, feminine plural esforzadas)

1. past participle of esforzar

Further reading

• “esforzado”, 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