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trabajo.

work, job

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɾaˈbaxo/[t̪ɾaˈβ̞a.xo]
  1. work, job

    masculine
    Es un trabajo duro, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
  2. work

    masculine
  3. school assignment, often a presentation

    Spain · countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Latin pālus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin tripālis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium ▲ Byzantine Greek τριπάσσαλον (tripássalon)calq.? Latin tripālium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre Old Spanish trabajar Spanish trabajardeverb. Spanish trabajo Deverbal from trabajar.

verb/tɾaˈbaxo/[t̪ɾaˈβ̞a.xo]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of trabajar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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