🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Trabalho gratuito

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Tra-ba-lho gra-tui-to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Free Labor/friː ˈleɪ.bər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Muitos projetos comunitários dependem do trabalho gratuito de voluntários."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Work performed voluntarily without payment.

    "Many community projects rely on free labor from volunteers."
  2. 2

    Labor that is not bound by contractual obligations.

    "The organization benefited from free labor during the charity event."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'free labor' originates from the combination of the Old English 'freo', meaning 'free', and the Latin 'labor', meaning 'work'. Historically, it has evolved to denote work that is not coerced or compensated, often associated with voluntary service or unpaid work.

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