Esforzarse means ‘to make an effort’. It is a stem-changing reflexive -ar verb (o → ue) in which z becomes c before e: me esfuerzo (present), me esforcé (preterite), esforzado (past participle), esforzándose (gerund).
Esforzarse in use
Se esfuerza por aprender españolHe makes an effort to learn Spanish
Nos esforzamos todos los díasWe make an effort every day
Esforzarse por mejorarTo make an effort to improve
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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