work2
UK: /wɜːk/ US: /wɝːk/Translation
n [u]
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⇨ trabajo
Have you found work? ¿Has encontrado trabajo?
⇨ laburo amér. col.
■ Se dice some work, a piece of work o a job. Incorrecto: a workn [c]
Véase tb: a steady {job/work}; a steady {job/work}; not to do a stroke of work; social work›
⇨ obra
a work of art una obra de arte
at work
⇨ trabajando
Are you still at work? ¿Todavía estás trabajando?
⇨ en el trabajo
out of work
⇨ parado,da
⇨ sin trabajo
He's been out of work for three months now Lleva tres meses sin trabajo
work experience
⇨ prácticas
work force
⇨ plantilla
⇨ mano de obra
(Definition of work nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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