🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

trabajador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trabajador

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Laborer/ˈleɪ.bər.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El trabajador llegó temprano al sitio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who does unskilled physical work for wages.

    "The construction site was bustling with laborers preparing for the day's work."
  2. 2

    A worker, especially one who does hard physical work.

    "Many laborers were hired to help with the agricultural harvest."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'laborer' originates from the Latin word 'laborator', which means 'worker'. It evolved through Old French 'laborer' in the Middle Ages, reflecting the shift from manual labor to more specialized forms of work in modern English.

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