esforçar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.furˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.forˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.foɾˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

esforçar (first-person singular present esforço, first-person singular preterite esforcí, past participle esforçat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (obsolete) to strengthen
2. (pronominal) to try hard, to make an effort, to strive

• esforç

• forçar

• “esforçar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “esforçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

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

• Hyphenation: es‧for‧çar

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

1. to strain
2. (reflexive) to make an effort
3. (Brazil, informal, proscribed) alternative form of forçar

• esforço

• “esforçar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025