treball

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin tripalium (“torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“having three stakes”). Compare Occitan trabalh, French travail, Portuguese trabalho, Spanish trabajo.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tɾəˈbaʎ/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈbaʎ/

Noun

treball m (plural treballs)

Synonyms

(job; employment): ocupació
(task): feina, faena, tasca
(homework): deures

Related terms

treballar

Further reading

“treball” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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