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emprego.

job (economic role for which a person is paid)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/Brazil/ĩˈpɾe.ɡu/Brazil/ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/Portugal[ẽˈpɾe.ɣu]Portugal
  1. job (economic role for which a person is paid)

    masculine
    Qual é o seu emprego?
  2. use; usage (the act of using something or the way something is used)

    masculine
    O emprego de um martelo é necessário.
  3. employment (the state of being employed)

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from empregar (“to employ”).

verb/ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/Brazil/ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡu/Brazil/ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/Portugal[ẽˈpɾɛ.ɣu]Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of empregar

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