Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/tɾaβaxaˈðoɾ/

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Translation

worker

Word origin

An agent noun from trabajar ('to work') plus the -dor suffix. Trabajar descends from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, originally 'to torture' with a tripalium; the same root gives English 'travail'.

Origin
Latin
Root
tripaliare
English cognates
travail

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltrabajadores

Examples

.

The worker arrives early at the factory.

sueldo.

The workers are asking for a better wage.

trabajadora .

She is a very responsible worker.

.

The company hired ten workers.

¿ ?

How many workers are there in your office?

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This word is part of lesson 31.