English-Spanish Dictionary
) esfuerzo masculine⇒
all his effort was directed to ...
todos sus esfuerzos iban dirigidos a ...⇒
it was an effort to get up,
getting up was an effort
levantarse resultaba un esfuerzo
put a bit of effort into it! ¡esfuérzate un poco!
, ¡pon un poco más de esfuerzo!
to spare no effort to do sth no regatear esfuerzos para hacer algo
without effort sin ningún esfuerzo
it's not worth the effort no merece la pena
⇒ it's well worth the effort
merece la pena
intento masculine,
tentativa feminine
it's not bad for a first effort no está mal para ser su primer intento or la primera vez que lo intenta
a good effort un feliz intento
in an effort to solve the problem/be polite en un esfuerzo por resolver el problema/ser amable
his latest effort (humorous) su último intento
⇒ what did you think of his latest effort?
¿qué te pareció su última obra?
to make an effort to do sth esforzarse en hacer algo
, hacer un esfuerzo por hacer algo
⇒ he made no effort to be polite
no hizo ningún esfuerzo por ser amable
⇒ please make every effort to come
haz un esfuerzo por venir
⇒ thank you for making the effort to be here
gracias por tomarse la molestia de venir
it was a pretty poor effort fue un intento bastante flojo
the war effort los esfuerzos realizados por la población civil durante una guerra
























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