Today's
WOTD is: "empleado" = employee
1. In
Spanish, “empleado”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
employee
(male*),
as in:
- Los empleados del metro están en huelga (the underground/ subway/ tube employees are on strike);
*NB The feminine form
“empleada” should be used when meaning a female employee.
2. The related noun “empleo”
means employment, job or work, as in:
- Estoy sin empleo (I am without without a job/ out of work);
3. The related noun “desempleo”
means unemployment, as in:
- Existe una tasa de desempleo muy alta (there is a very high unemployment level);
4. The
related action word/ verb “emplear”
means to employ
or
use,
as in:
- Los ferrocarriles emplean miles de personas (the railways employ thousands of people);
- Emplearon un mazo para derribar la puerta (they used a mallet to break the door);
5. Some
Spanish expressions with the word “empleado”
are:
- Empleado del mes (employee of the month);
- Estarle a alguien bien empleado (to serve someone right);
- Me está bien empleado por no tener más cuidado (it serves me right for not being more careful);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "empleado" in the YouTube clip:
EMPLEADO DEL MES "Sangre Por Piel"
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “empleado”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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