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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈfoʁ.su/ [isˈfoh.su], /esˈfoʁ.su/ [esˈfoh.su]

• (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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈfoɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈfoɾ.su/

• 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈfɔʁ.su/ [isˈfɔh.su], /esˈfɔʁ.su/ [esˈfɔh.su]

• (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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈfɔɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈfɔɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: es‧for‧ço

Verb

esforço

1. first-person singular present indicative of esforçar