trabalhar

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from tripalium (“a torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“that which has three stakes”). Compare Catalan treballar, French travailler, Portuguese trabalhar, Spanish trabajar.

trabalhar

1. to work

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• trabalh

From Old Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from tripalium (“a torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“that which has three stakes”), from tria + palus. Compare Catalan treballar, French travailler, and Spanish trabajar.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.ba.ˈʎa(ʁ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.βɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧ba‧lhar

trabalhar (first-person singular present indicative trabalho, past participle trabalhado)

1. to work (to do a specific task)

   Eu trabalho em um hospital.

   I work in a hospital.

   Eu estou trabalhando em um projeto.

   I'm working on a project.

• trabalho