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/empleˈaðo/

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Translation

employee

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Word origin

From emplear ('to employ'), which comes through Old French employer from Latin implicare ('to involve, to fold in'). English 'employee' shares the same source.

Origin
Latin
Root
implicare
English cognates
employee, employ, imply

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralempleados

Examples

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The new employee starts tomorrow morning.

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The company has more than a hundred employees.

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A kind employee helped us find the exit.

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The employees are asking for better working conditions.

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She is an employee at a bank in the town centre.

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This word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 3: empleado, marchar, objeto and 7 more words.