esforçar-se — meaning in English

English meaning

• strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
• try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

esforçar-se is used for these senses in English:

• strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
• try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

try — full definition

1. verb To make an attempt at doing something.
2. verb To test something out, such as by tasting or using it.
3. verb In law, to hold a legal hearing to decide a case.
4. noun An attempt.
5. noun In rugby, a score made by touching the ball down over the opponent's goal line.

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