esforzo
Meaning
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- (masculine) effort
- (masculine) vigour; mettle; spirit; zest
Frequency
Hyphenated as
es‧for‧zo
Pronounced as (IPA)
[esˈfɔɾθʊ]
Etymology
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.
New
esforzar
- (pronominal) to encourage; to exert oneself
- (transitive) to force
- (transitive) to rape
- (dated,transitive) to encourage, strengthen
- (dated,intransitive) to take courage, gather strength
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