Spanish

Noun

mano de obra f ‎(uncountable)

1. labor (manual laborers)

Usage notes

• Used in both Mexico and Spain. Most used in construction trades, stone mason worker, etc., primarily for manual labor.

References

• Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la Lengua Expañola (19th ed.). (1978). Madrid, Spain: Editorial Espasa-Calpe, S. A.