trabalhar

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan trebalhar, from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from tripalium (a torture instrument), from Latin tripālis (that which has three stakes). Compare Catalan treballar, French travailler, Portuguese trabalhar, Spanish trabajar.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

trabalhar

  1. to work

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, from tripalium (a torture instrument), from Latin tripālis (that which has three stakes), from tria + palus. Compare Catalan treballar, French travailler, and Spanish trabajar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.baˈʎa(ʁ)/ [tɾa.baˈʎa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾa.baˈʎa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾa.baˈʎa(ʁ)/ [tɾa.baˈʎa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.baˈʎa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.bɐˈʎaɾ/ [tɾɐ.βɐˈʎaɾ]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.baˈʎa(h)/
  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.bɐˈja(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧ba‧lhar

Verb

trabalhar (first-person singular present trabalho, first-person singular preterite trabalhei, past participle trabalhado)

  1. to work (to do a specific task)
    Eu trabalho num hospital.
    I work in a hospital.
    Estou trabalhando num projeto.
    I'm working on a project.

Conjugation

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