esforçar
See also: esforcar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.furˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.forˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [es.foɾˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, first-person singular preterite esforcí, past participle esforçat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (obsolete) to strengthen
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to try hard, to make an effort, to strive
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esforçar (first conjugation, ç-c alternation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “esforçar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “esforçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧for‧çar
Verb edit
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 edit
Conjugation of esforçar (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.