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trabajar

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “trabajar” mean in English?

  1. to work

Example sentences

  • Trabajo en un hospital.

    I work at a hospital.

  • Trabaja de profesor.

    He works as a teacher.

  • Trabajamos ocho horas.

    We work eight hours.

How to use it

Trabajar means 'to work'. Regular -ar verb. Common collocations: trabajar en + place, trabajar de + role, trabajar como + role.

Common mistake

Both 'trabajar de' and 'trabajar como' work for 'work as [role]'. Use 'trabajar en' for the place/company. Don't mix prepositions.

Forms of trabajar

Present
trabajo, trabajas, trabaja, trabajamos, trabajáis, trabajan

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 13.