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Galician
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esforço, deverbal from esforçar, from a Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from *fortiāre, from fortia (“heroic actions”). Compare Portuguese esforço, Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, French effort, Italian sforzo. Cognate with English effort.
Pronunciation
Noun
esforzo m (plural esforzos)
- effort
- vigour; mettle; spirit; zest
- Synonym: azo
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esforço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esforço”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “esforzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “esforzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Etymology 2
Verb
esforzo
- first-person singular present indicative of esforzar