trabajo

See also: trabajó

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbaxo/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞a.xo]
Rhymes: -axo
Syllabification: tra‧ba‧jo

Etymology 1

Substantive derivative of trabajar, or possibly from Vulgar Latin *tripalium (“torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“having three stakes”). Compare Portuguese trabalho, French travail, Asturian trabayu, Galician traballo, Catalan treball, Occitan trabalh, Italian travaglio (“anguish; pain”), Sicilian travagghiu, Sardinian trabadhu, travallu, Ligurian travàggio.

Noun

trabajo m (plural trabajos)

work, job
Es un trabajo duro, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it.

Synonyms: chamba, empleo, faena, quehacer, tarea, curro, laburo
(physics) work

Alternative forms

travajo (obsolete or misspelling)
trabaxo, travaxo (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: trabaho
→ Maquiritari: tadawaaju
→ Tagalog: trabaho
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: traböjo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trabajo

first-person singular present indicative of trabajar

Further reading

“trabajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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