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trabajar

English translation of trabajar

to work

'Trabajar' corresponds to the act of laboring, toiling, or exerting oneself in order to accomplish something.


Example sentences using: trabajar

Yo necesito trabajar mañana.

English translation of Yo necesito trabajar mañana.

I need to work tomorrow.

In Spanish, 'trabajar' means work and it is often used to talk about your job duties. 'Mañana' means tomorrow, and 'yo necesito' means 'I need'. Based on this, the phrase can be broken down into 'yo necesito' + 'trabajar' + 'mañana'.

Te gusta trabajar en la tarde?

English translation of Te gusta trabajar en la tarde?

Do you like working in the afternoon?

This phrase is a yes-no question in Spanish, it demonstrates how to ask somebody if they like doing specific entities, 'trabajar en la tarde', which means 'working in the afternoon'. 'te gusta' is an expression that translates to 'you like'

Ellos prefieren trabajar en casa.

English translation of Ellos prefieren trabajar en casa.

They prefer working at home.

In this sentence, 'ellos prefieren' means 'they prefer' to 'trabajar en casa', that translates into 'work at home'. This sentence can be rearranged to refer any desire of designed people.

Mi hermano empezó a trabajar en ese lugar hace una semana.

English translation of Mi hermano empezó a trabajar en ese lugar hace una semana.

My brother started working at that place one week ago.

This phrase puts 'trabajar' inside a larger conversation about someone's brother having a new job. 'empezó a trabajar' means 'started working' and the 'hace una semana' represents a subject in the past 'one week ago'

Ana, Marta y yo vamos a trabajar hasta las siete hoy.

English translation of Ana, Marta y yo vamos a trabajar hasta las siete hoy.

Ana, Marta and I will work until seven today.

'Ana, Marta y yo vamos a trabajar' translates directly as 'Ana, Marta and I are going to work'. 'Hasta las siete hoy' means 'till seven o'clock today'.

Juan puede trabajar aquí?

English translation of Juan puede trabajar aquí?

Can Juan work here?

This straightforward question contains 'Juan + puede + trabajar + aquí', translating into English as 'Juan + can + work + here'. Which is about Juan's capability of working somewhere.

Mi tío no le gusta trabajar los fines de semana.

English translation of Mi tío no le gusta trabajar los fines de semana.

My uncle does not like to work on weekends.

This phrase refers to person's(is uncle) dislike about a working on weekends. 'No le gusta trabalhar los fines de semana', can be translated as 'doesn't like to work on weekends'

Ella tuvo que trabajar todo el dia.

English translation of Ella tuvo que trabajar todo el dia.

She had to work all day.

The phrase needs 'trabajar' to disclose what was obligated for female. sentence 'Ell **** a tuvo que trabajar todo el dia', can be translated as 'She had to work all day'.

Deseas seguir trabajando aquí?

English translation of Deseas seguir trabajando aquí?

Do you wish to continue working here?

'Deseas' is a form of a asking 'Do you wish to..' 'seguir trabajando' combines word 'to continue' with working.

No queremos trabajar durante las vacaciones.

English translation of No queremos trabajar durante las vacaciones.

We don't want to work during vacation.

This negative sentence 'No queremos trabajar durante las vacaciones', uses 'trabajar' to tell what they don't want to do. 'during vacation' meaning have been expressed by 'durante las vacaciones'

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