labour1
UK: /ˈleɪ.bər/ US: /-bə`/ UK (US labor)Translation
n [u]
Véase tb: hard labour›
⇨ trabajo
After months of labour, the house was finally finished La casa quedó terminada al final, después de meses de trabajo
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⇨ mano de obra
cheap labour mano de obra barata
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⇨ parto
to go into labour ponerse de parto
a labour of love
⇨ un trabajo hecho por gusto
(Definition of labour n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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