Efforts or occupations
Trabajos is the Spanish word for "jobs" or "works," the plural of trabajo.
In English contexts, it appears in code-switching, Spanish-language business names, or discussions of labor: He's juggling three trabajos to make rent.
The word covers both employment positions and tasks or efforts more generally.
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Efforts or occupations
Trabajos is the Spanish word for "jobs" or "works," the plural of trabajo.
In English contexts, it appears in code-switching, Spanish-language business names, or discussions of labor: He's juggling three trabajos to make rent.
The word covers both employment positions and tasks or efforts more generally.
1. employment — freelance, Self-employed project work; temporal (Relating to chronology)
2. tasks — agenda, Formal discussion list
3. labor — manual, Written instructions for use; campo (Open rural terrain); fuerza (Strength, in Spanish)
4. craft — taller, Of greater stature; maestro (Distinguished musical leader); manos (Spanish for hands)
ACTIVITY TYPEtrabajos ≠ leisure Free time for relaxation; recreation · vacaciones · holidays · playtime · hobbies
EFFORT/EASEtrabajos ≠ rest Cessation of activity; ease · comfort
ECONOMIC STATUStrabajos ≠ unemployment Being without paid work; retirement · idleness
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/trabajos