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Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Compare Portuguese tarefa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈɾea/
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: ta‧re‧a
Noun
tarea f (plural tareas)
- task
- Synonym: empresa
1962, Julio Cortázar, “Manual de instrucciones”, in Historia de cronopios y de famas:La tarea de ablandar el ladrillo todos los días, la tarea de arbrirse paso en la masa pegajosa que se proclama mundo, cada mañana topar con el paralelepípedo de nombre repugnante, con la satisfación perruna de que todo está en su sitio, la misma mujer al lado, los mismos zapatos, el mismo sabor de la misma pasta dentífrica, la misma tristeza de las casas de enfrente, del sucio tablero de ventanas de tiempo con su letrero «Hotel de Belgique».- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- homework
- Synonym: deberes
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