esfuerzo
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /esˈfweɾθo/ [esˈfweɾ.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /esˈfweɾso/ [esˈfweɾ.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾso
- Syllabification: es‧fuer‧zo
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish esfuerço, equivalent to a modern esforzar + -o. The Old Spanish etymon is similarly derived from esforçar, from a Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from *fortiāre, from fortia (“heroic actions”). Compare Portuguese esforço, Catalan esforç, French effort, Italian sforzo. Cognate with English effort.
Noun edit
esfuerzo m (plural esfuerzos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
esfuerzo
Further reading edit
- “esfuerzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014