emprego

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from empregar (“to employ”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/ [ẽˈpɾe.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧go

Noun

emprego m (plural empregos)

1. job (economic role for which a person is paid)

   Synonyms: trabalho, serviço, ocupação, função, cargo

   Qual é o seu emprego?

   What is your job?

2. use; usage (the act of using something or the way something is used)

   Synonyms: uso, aplicação

   O emprego de um martelo é necessário.

   The use of a hammer is necessary.

3. (uncountable) employment (the state of being employed)

   Antonym: desemprego

Alternative forms

• emprêgo (obsolete)

Related terms

• empregado
• empregador
• empregar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/ [ẽˈpɾɛ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧go

Verb

emprego

1. first-person singular present indicative of empregar