trabalho

Portuguese

/tɾɐ.ˈβa.ʎu/, /tɾa.ˈba.ʎu/, /tɾa.ˈba.ʎo/, /tɾa.ˈba.jo/

noun
Definitions
  • job economic role for which a person is paid
  • job; task piece of work done as part of one’s duties
  • (uncountable) work; toil; labour; effort
  • workplace place where someone works
  • (figurative) difficulty in completing a task
  • (Brazil) homework involving research
  • (religion) An often ritualistic activity or program in some particular religion or cult to obtain a material goal through supernatural means, such as spiritual intervention or magic.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tripalium, tripālis (that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales).

Origin

Latin

tripālis

Gloss

that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales

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