trabajar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from tripalium (“a torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“that which has three stakes”), from tria + pālus. Compare French travailler, Portuguese and Occitan trabalhar, Catalan treballar, Galician traballar, Asturian trabayar, Italian travagliare, Sicilian travagghiari, Sardinian traballare, Neapolitan travaglià and English travail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾabaˈxaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.β̞aˈxaɾ]

Verb

1. to work

   Synonyms: chambear, currar, faenar; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

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

Related terms

• trabajador
• trabajo