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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

grupo de trabajo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: groo-po de tra-ba-xo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Working group/ˈwɜːr.kɪŋ ɡruːp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Se creó un grupo de trabajo para revisar el presupuesto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A committee or assembly of specialists appointed to study or solve a specific problem or carry out a specific task.

    "The government established a working group to address the cybersecurity crisis."
  2. 2

    A self-selected or formally organized team of individuals collaborating toward a common professional or academic objective.

    "Our department formed a working group to update the internal software guidelines."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the present participle of the verb 'work' (derived from Old English 'weorcan') with 'group' (borrowed in the 17th century from Italian 'gruppo'). It emerged in modern organizational and administrative contexts during the mid-20th century to describe a dedicated committee or team assembled to solve specific problems or complete defined tasks.

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