mão-de-obra

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See also: mão de obra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.bɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃.deˈɔ.bɾa/

Noun

mão-de-obra f (plural mãos-de-obra)

  1. labour, workforce (workers employed by an organisation, especially for manual labour)