Meanings (ES + gloss)
afanar • afanarse • aplicarse • azacanarse • azacanear • denodarse • deslomarse • echarle ganas • empeñarse • esforzarse por • esmerarse • luchar por • pretender • procurar • pugnar • romperse el lomo
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
He strove to excel.
We strive for the truth.
bregar • pugnar
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
to strive against fate