Occitan

Verb

trabalhar

1. to work

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• trabalh

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, 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.ba.'ʎa(ʁ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.βɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧ba‧lhar

Verb

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

1. to work (to do a specific task)

   Eu trabalho em um hospital.‎

   I work in a hospital.

   Eu estou trabalhando em um projeto.‎

   I'm working on a project.

Conjugation

Related terms

• trabalho