empregar.
to employ (to give someone a job)
Meaning & usage
to employ (to give someone a job)
to employ; to make use of (to put into use)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin implicāreslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese empregar Portuguese empregar Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese empregar, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin implicāre (“to entangle”). Doublet of implicar.
to fold, to pleat
to become paralyzed
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Portuguese em- Portuguese prega Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese empregar From em- + prega (“fold, crease”) + -ar.
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