esfuerzo

Sentences
Meaning

esforzar

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

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
es‧fuer‧zo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈfweɾθo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish esfuerço, equivalent to a modern esforzar + -o. The Old Spanish etymon is similarly derived from esforçar, from a Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, from *fortiāre, from fortia (“heroic actions”). Compare Portuguese esforço, Catalan esforç, French effort, Italian sforzo. Cognate with English effort.

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