Esforzar in english
Strive
pronunciation: straɪv part of speech: verb
pronunciation: straɪv part of speech: verb
In gestures
esforzarse = put forth + an effort ; put forth + energy ; strive ; strain ; labour [labor, -USA] ; toil ; struggle ; work + hard ; slave away ; try + hard ; slave at.
Example: Because of this human characteristic of dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed, threatened with punishment to get them to put forth adequate effort.Example: The goal may be of little value or of high scientific or cultural significance, but energy is put forth to accomplish a task.Example: The abstractor must resist the temptation to use long sentences in striving to avoid repetition.Example: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.Example: So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.Example: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.Example: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.Example: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.Example: Anyone who's spoken to me recently is probably aware that on most nights I'm up slaving away to the wee hours of the morning on my project .Example: Over the years the profession has tried hard to ignore the steady stream of library school closings.Example: We've got to have the power to free women from slaving at their kitchen sinks.more:
» esforzarse al máximo = do + Posesivo + utmost ; stretch + Reflexivo ; stretch + Nombre + to the limit ; give + Posesivo + utmost ; lean over + backwards ; work + hard ; give + Posesivo + best ; push + Nombre/Reflexivo + to + Posesivo/the + limits ; push + Nombre/Reflexivo + to the max ; be stretched to the bone ; push + the envelope .
Example: But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school. Example: She told him that these management techniques seemed to her designed to harness people to treadmills, to make them slaves to their schedules, and to convert them into employees crippled by anxiety, stretching themselves incessantly against unrealistic goals. Example: All agencies, it was found, were stretched to the limit, but by pooling resources these might be made to go further. Example: Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final. Example: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied. Example: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the Peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards. Example: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat. Example: Beta test sites are expected to 'push the system to its limits'. Example: There will be plenty of time to push yourself to the max after you are fully recovered. Example: Unfortunately, with budgets stretched to the bone, the focus is not on investments to boost the economy, but on fiscal retrenchment. Example: This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.» esforzarse al máximo por = knock + Reflexivo + out for ; fall over + Reflexivo + to .
Example: When dinner was served, it was evident that his mother had knocked herself out for the Christmas meal. Example: Here, landowners are falling over themselves to offer up their land for a nice juicy profit with little or no effort on their part.» esforzarse mucho = play + hard .
Example: The girls played hard and Liza gave it her best shot, even though she wasn't up to full speed after spraining her ankle.» esforzarse por = endeavour [endeavor, -USA] ; try + Posesivo + best ; go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo ; do + Posesivo + (honest) best ; exert + (an) effort ; try + Posesivo + heart out ; give + Posesivo + best ; take + (great) pains to ; strive for [Verbo irregular: pasado strove, participio striven] ; make + every effort to ; try + Posesivo + hardest ; go to + (great) pains to .
Example: There are many able people who are endeavouring to do the kind of things discussed in this article against the grain of an historically received pattern of organisation. Example: Ward tried his best to draw together the extremely varied findings and give a general picture of reading habits and library use. Example: The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with. Example: He was a wise and humane judge, and he clearly did his honest best and fairest, according to his lights. Example: While excessive effort is exerted by authorities to control contents and free online access, the same authorities exhibit an almost deliberate tolerance of software pirating and copyright infringement. Example: She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out. Example: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat. Example: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships. Example: With few questions and infrequent use it would be more sensible and effective to direct effort into searching, rather than strive for perfection in indexing. Example: Nevertheless, every effort should be made to build in the potential for the use of IT in as many areas as possible around the library. Example: I woke up about 7 a.m. this morning -- the cat was trying her hardest to wake me up for some reason or another. Example: In addition to protecting the privacy of children, we also go to great pains to ensure parents and caretakers have full control of their data.» esforzarse por conseguir = strive for [Verbo irregular: pasado strove, participio striven] ; work toward(s) .
Example: With few questions and infrequent use it would be more sensible and effective to direct effort into searching, rather than strive for perfection in indexing. Example: Library staff can work towards this by putting themselves in the position of the users.» esforzarse por lograr = strive for [Verbo irregular: pasado strove, participio striven] .
Example: With few questions and infrequent use it would be more sensible and effective to direct effort into searching, rather than strive for perfection in indexing.» no esforzarse = make + no effort .
Example: He makes no effort anymore and when I confront him about my feelings he doesn 't see anything wrong.» seguir esforzándose = plug away (at) .
Example: I keep trying to plug away at everything, but it's like there's no light at the end of the tunnel.