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feminine
/empleˈaða/
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Translation
employee, maid
Word origin
The feminine of empleado, from emplear ('to employ'), from Old French employer, from Latin implicare ('to involve, enfold').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- implicare
- English cognates
- employ, imply, implicate
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralempleadas
Examples
.
The new employee learns very quickly.
.
She is the most senior employee in the company.
doméstica .
The maid comes on Tuesdays.
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Each employee receives a uniform when she starts.
¿ ?
Are you an employee of this bank?
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