trabajar

Meaning

1. to work
2. to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en)
3. (obsolete) to suffer

Hyphenated as

tra‧ba‧jar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾabaˈxaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish trabajar, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torment”), derived from Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”).

Sentences

No sabemos por qué hoy no ha venido a trabajar .

We don't know why you didn't come to work today.

Trabajar es virtud ; pero trabaja tú .

Working is virtue; but you work.

Mientras trabaje , un empleado debe trabajar un mínimo de dos horas diarias .

While working an employee must work a minimum of two hours in a day.

Él ha explicado: " Trabajar con Tina Turner es increíble .

He explained, “Working with Tina Turner is amazing.

Comenzó a trabajar para Playboy Enterprises cuando estaba en la universidad .

He started working for Playboy Enterprises when he was in college.

Eva Padrón es una psicóloga que comienza a trabajar de terapeuta en un instituto .

Eva Padrón is a psychologist who begins working as a therapist at a high school.

Juntos marcharon a comienzos de los noventa a trabajar a Caracas , Venezuela .

Together they marched in the early nineties to work in Caracas, Venezuela.

Periodista y presentadora , comenzó a trabajar en la emisora valenciana de Radio Intercontinental .

Journalist and presenter, she began working at the Valencian radio station Radio Intercontinental.