esforçar

See also: esforcar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (strong).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əs.foɾˈsa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əs.furˈsa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.foɾˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, past participle esforçat)

  1. to encourage, to strain

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (strong).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [is.fohˈsa(h)], /es.foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [es.fohˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.foɾˈsa(ɾ)/, /es.foɾˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.foχˈsa(χ)], /eʃ.foʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.foχˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.foɻˈsa(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: es‧for‧çar

Verb

esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, first-person singular preterite esforcei, past participle esforçado)

  1. to strain
  2. (reflexive) to make an effort

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • esforçar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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