esforço

Catalan

Verb

esforço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esforçar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

    Deverbal from esforçar. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, French effort, Italian sforzo.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈfoʁ.su/ [isˈfoh.su], /esˈfoʁ.su/ [esˈfoh.su]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /isˈfoɾ.su/, /esˈfoɾ.su/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈfoʁ.su/ [iʃˈfoχ.su], /eʃˈfoʁ.su/ [eʃˈfoχ.su]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): /isˈfoɻ.su/, /esˈfoɻ.su/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈfoʁ.so/ [esˈfoh.so]

    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -oʁsu, (Portugal) -oɾsu
    • Hyphenation: es‧for‧ço

    Noun

    esforço m (plural esforços, metaphonic)

    1. effort (the amount of work involved in achieving something)
    2. stress (as in stress test, such as a financial stress test)

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈfɔʁ.su/ [isˈfɔh.su], /esˈfɔʁ.su/ [esˈfɔh.su]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /isˈfɔɾ.su/, /esˈfɔɾ.su/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈfɔʁ.su/ [iʃˈfɔχ.su], /eʃˈfɔʁ.su/ [eʃˈfɔχ.su]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): /isˈfɔɻ.su/, /esˈfɔɻ.su/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈfɔʁ.so/ [esˈfɔh.so]

    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁsu, (Portugal) -ɔɾsu
    • Hyphenation: es‧for‧ço

    Verb

    esforço

    1. first-person singular present indicative of esforçar

    Further reading