emprego

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) job (economic role for which a person is paid)
2. (masculine) use; usage (the act of using something or the way something is used)
3. (masculine,uncountable) employment (the state of being employed)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of empregar

Hyphenated as

em‧pre‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/

Etymology

Deverbal from empregar (“to employ”).

Sentences

Grande parte da população não tinha emprego .

A large part of the population did not have a job.

Seu filho dá emprego , essa preguiça é a mãe do vício .

Your son gives employment, this laziness is the mother of addiction.