trabalhar

Meaning

to work (to do a specific task)

Concepts

work

labour

operate

labor

work on

toil

act

function

grind

knead

make

mill

moil

process

run

scamper

tool

transform

travail

work at

work well

do work

deal

dig

do

doing

drudge

fag

Synonyms

lidar

estar em exercício

exercer funções

amassar

obrar

operar

talhar

Translations

trabajar

travailler

lavorare

arbeiten

werken

çalışmak

treballar

δουλεύω

عَمَلَ

εργάζομαι

bosser

arbeiden

عمِل

labōrāre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾa.baˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: traballar

Cognate with Spanish: trabajar

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torment”), derived from Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”). Compare Galician traballar, Spanish trabajar. By surface analysis, trabalho + -ar.

Sentences

Como você gostaria de trabalhar para mim ?

How would you like to work for me?

Ouvi dizer que ele vai trabalhar desta vez .

I heard he's going to work this time.

Ela deu a cada um deles metade para fazê-los trabalhar juntos .

She gave each of them half to make them work together.

Trabalhadores da construção civil a trabalhar à noite .

Construction workers working at night.

A partir deste momento as luzes devem ser desligadas , você deve trabalhar ou não .

From this moment the lights must be turned off, you must work or not.

A força é trabalhar com os silos .

The strength is working with the silos.