esforzar

From Old Galician-Portuguese esforçar, from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”).

• IPA^(key): [esfoɾˈθaɾ], (western) [esfoɾˈsaɾ]

esforzar (first-person singular present esforzo, first-person singular preterite esforcei, past participle esforzado)

1. (pronominal) to encourage; to exert oneself
2. (transitive) to force
3. (transitive) to rape
4. (transitive, dated) to encourage, strengthen
5. (intransitive, dated) to take courage, gather strength

• esforzo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esforçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esforç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esforzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esforzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esforzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, ultimately from Latin fortis (“strong”). Or, by surface analysis, es- +‎ forzar.

• IPA^(key): /esfoɾˈθaɾ/ [es.foɾˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esfoɾˈsaɾ/ [es.foɾˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧for‧zar

esforzar (first-person singular present esfuerzo, first-person singular preterite esforcé, past participle esforzado)

1. (transitive) to encourage
2. (transitive) to strain, struggle
3. (reflexive) to strive
4. (reflexive) to attempt

• “esforzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024