esforzar

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esforzar (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal esforzar
Personal esforzar esforzares esforzar esforzarmos esforzardes esforzaren
Gerund
esforzando
Past participle
Masculine esforzado esforzados
Feminine esforzada esforzadas
Indicative
Present esforzo esforzas esforza esforzamos esforzades esforzan
Imperfect esforzaba esforzabas esforzaba esforzabamos esforzabades esforzaban
Preterite esforcei esforzaches esforzou esforzamos esforzastes esforzaron
Pluperfect esforzara esforzaras esforzara esforzaramos esforzarades esforzaran
Future esforzarei esforzarás esforzará esforzaremos esforzaredes esforzarán
Conditional esforzaría esforzarías esforzaría esforzariamos esforzariades esforzarían
Subjunctive
Present esforce esforces esforce esforcemos esforcedes esforcen
Imperfect esforzase esforzases esforzase esforzásemos esforzásedes esforzasen
Future esforzar esforzares esforzar esforzarmos esforzardes esforzaren
Imperative
Affirmative esforza esforce esforcemos esforzade esforcen
Negative (non) non esforces non esforce non esforcemos non esforcedes non esforcen

Derived terms

References

  • “esforçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “esforç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “esforzar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “esforzar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “esforzar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /esfoɾˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /esfoɾˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧for‧zar

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive esforzar
gerund esforzando
past participle masculine feminine
singular esforzado esforzada
plural esforzados esforzadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present esfuerzo esfuerzastú
esforzásvos 		esfuerza esforzamos esforzáis esfuerzan
imperfect esforzaba esforzabas esforzaba esforzábamos esforzabais esforzaban
preterite esforcé esforzaste esforzó esforzamos esforzasteis esforzaron
future esforzaré esforzarás esforzará esforzaremos esforzaréis esforzarán
conditional esforzaría esforzarías esforzaría esforzaríamos esforzaríais esforzarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present esfuerce esfuercestú
esforcésvos2 		esfuerce esforcemos esforcéis esfuercen
imperfect
(ra) 		esforzara esforzaras esforzara esforzáramos esforzarais esforzaran
imperfect
(se) 		esforzase esforzases esforzase esforzásemos esforzaseis esforzasen
future1 esforzare esforzares esforzare esforzáremos esforzareis esforzaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative esfuerzatú
esforzávos 		esfuerce esforcemos esforzad esfuercen
negative no esfuerces no esfuerce no esforcemos no esforcéis no esfuercen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of esforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive esforzar
dative esforzarme esforzarte esforzarle, esforzarse esforzarnos esforzaros esforzarles, esforzarse
accusative esforzarme esforzarte esforzarlo, esforzarla, esforzarse esforzarnos esforzaros esforzarlos, esforzarlas, esforzarse
with gerund esforzando
dative esforzándome esforzándote esforzándole, esforzándose esforzándonos esforzándoos esforzándoles, esforzándose
accusative esforzándome esforzándote esforzándolo, esforzándola, esforzándose esforzándonos esforzándoos esforzándolos, esforzándolas, esforzándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative esfuerza
dative esfuérzame esfuérzate esfuérzale esfuérzanos not used esfuérzales
accusative esfuérzame esfuérzate esfuérzalo, esfuérzala esfuérzanos not used esfuérzalos, esfuérzalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative esforzá
dative esforzame esforzate esforzale esforzanos not used esforzales
accusative esforzame esforzate esforzalo, esforzala esforzanos not used esforzalos, esforzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative esfuerce
dative esfuérceme not used esfuércele, esfuércese esfuércenos not used esfuérceles
accusative esfuérceme not used esfuércelo, esfuércela, esfuércese esfuércenos not used esfuércelos, esfuércelas
with first-person plural imperative esforcemos
dative not used esforcémoste esforcémosle esforcémonos esforcémoos esforcémosles
accusative not used esforcémoste esforcémoslo, esforcémosla esforcémonos esforcémoos esforcémoslos, esforcémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative esforzad
dative esforzadme not used esforzadle esforzadnos esforzaos esforzadles
accusative esforzadme not used esforzadlo, esforzadla esforzadnos esforzaos esforzadlos, esforzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative esfuercen
dative esfuércenme not used esfuércenle esfuércennos not used esfuércenles, esfuércense
accusative esfuércenme not used esfuércenlo, esfuércenla esfuércennos not used esfuércenlos, esfuércenlas, esfuércense

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