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Galician
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Etymology
Calqued from Cuban Spanish trabajar para el inglés (literally “to work for the Englishmen”), which has the same meaning.
Verb
traballar para o inglés (first-person singular present traballo para o inglés, first-person singular preterite traballei para o inglés, past participle traballado para o inglés)
- (idiomatic) to be taken advantage
- (idiomatic) to work hard but fruitlessly; to waste one's time
2015, Xosé Manuel Beiras, Exhortación á desobediencia, Laiovento, →ISBN, page 19:despois de todo ese esforzo durante todo ese tempo, cheguei á conclusión de que estivera a «traballar para o inglés».- after all that effort during all that time, I came to the conclusion that I had been wasting my time.
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