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trabalho.

job (economic role for which a person is paid)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɾaˈba.ʎu/Brazil/tɾɐˈba.ʎu/Portugal[tɾɐˈβa.ʎu]Portugal/tɾɐˈba.ʎu/Portugal, Southern
  1. job (economic role for which a person is paid)

    masculine
    Sou lenhador, cortar árvores é o meu trabalho.
    Tenho dois trabalhos para sustentar minha família.
  2. job; task (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

    masculine
    Tenho um trabalho para ti: vigiar as crianças enquanto vou ao mercado.
  3. work; toil; labour; effort

    masculine · uncountable
    Preguiçosos não gostam de trabalho.
  4. workplace (place where someone works)

    masculine
    No meu trabalho temos cadeiras que giram.
  5. difficulty in completing a task

    figuratively · masculine
    Foi um trabalho zerar este jogo.
  6. homework involving research

    Brazil · masculine
    Preciso escrever um trabalho sobre a idade do ferro.
  7. an often ritualistic activity or program in some particular religion or cult to obtain a material goal through supernatural means, such as spiritual intervention or magic

    masculine
  8. work

    masculine
  9. ellipsis of trabalho académico (“academic work”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traballo (“pain, effort, labor”), deverbal from traballar (modern trabalhar).

verb/tɾaˈba.ʎu/Brazil/tɾɐˈba.ʎu/Portugal[tɾɐˈβa.ʎu]Portugal/tɾɐˈba.ʎu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of trabalhar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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