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Galician
Verb
emprego
- first-person singular present indicative of empregar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from empregar (“to employ”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -eɡu
- Hyphenation: em‧pre‧go
Noun
emprego m (plural empregos)
- job (economic role for which a person is paid)
- Synonyms: trabalho, serviço, ocupação, função, cargo
Qual é o seu emprego?- What is your job?
- use; usage (the act of using something or the way something is used)
- Synonyms: uso, aplicação
O emprego de um martelo é necessário.- The use of a hammer is necessary.
- (uncountable) employment (the state of being employed)
- Antonym: desemprego
Alternative forms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾɛ.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾɛ.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu
- Hyphenation: em‧pre‧go
Verb
emprego
- first-person singular present indicative of empregar