esforzar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
esforzar — to make an effort
The imperative uses 'esfuerza' for tú and 'esfuercen' for formal commands.
esforzar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to give direct orders or encouragement to someone to try harder.
Notes on esforzar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' form uses the present indicative 'él' form (esfuerza). The others use the present subjunctive forms (esfuerce, esforcemos, etc.).
Example Sentences
¡Esfuerza un poco más, tú puedes!
Try a little harder, you can do it!
tú
Esfuércense para el partido de mañana.
Work hard for tomorrow's game.
ustedes
Esforcémonos por terminar este trabajo.
Let's make an effort to finish this job.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'esforza' for the tú command.
Correct: esfuerza
Why: The informal affirmative command usually matches the third-person present indicative, which has the 'ue' change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: esfuerzo
Esforzar is a stem-changing verb (o > ue) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: esforcé
The preterite of esforzar features a spelling change (z > c) in the 'yo' form: esforcé.
Imperfect
yo: esforzaba
Esforzar is completely regular in the imperfect: esforzaba, esforzabas, esforzaba...
Future
yo: esforzaré
The future tense is regular: add endings to the full infinitive esforzar-.
Conditional
yo: esforzaría
The conditional is regular: esforzaría, esforzarías, esforzaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: esfuerce
The present subjunctive follows the stem change (o > ue) and the spelling change (z > c).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: esforzara
The imperfect subjunctive uses the preterite base: esforzara, esforzaras...
Negative Imperative
yo: no esfuerces
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms after 'no'.