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empregar.

to employ (to give someone a job)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil/ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil
  1. to employ (to give someone a job)

  2. 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.

verb/ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil/ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil
  1. to fold, to pleat

  2. to become paralyzed

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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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