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/tɾaˈβaxo/

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Translation

work, job, effort

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Word origin

A noun from trabajar, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare ('to torture'), from tripalium, a three-staked torture device. The sense shifted from suffering to effort and labour.

Origin
Vulgar Latin
Root
tripalium
English cognates
travail, travel

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltrabajos

Examples

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My job forces me to travel quite a lot.

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Good work, the project turned out perfectly.

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I lost my job and now I am looking for a new one.

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This research project has taken me months.

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Painting the whole house will be an enormous job.

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I have a lot of work to finish this week.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 3: trabajo, ahí, conocer and 6 more words.