How to Say Work in Spanish
Use "trabajar" if you want to talk about employment or physical labor.. Isolate the verb stem.. Use present tense to talk about work currently happening.
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Use "trabajar" if you want to talk about employment or physical labor.
Use "trabajar" if you want to talk about employment or physical labor.
Isolate the verb stem.
Isolate the verb stem.
Use present tense to talk about work currently happening.
Use present tense to talk about work currently happening.
Switch to imperfect tense for work that happened in the past and continues into
Switch to imperfect tense for work that happened in the past and continues into the present.
Talk about work that happened entirely in the past using the preterite tense.
Talk about work that happened entirely in the past using the preterite tense.
Use the future tense to talk about work that will happen in the future.
Use the future tense to talk about work that will happen in the future.
Use "funcionar" if you want to talk about something working.
Use "funcionar" if you want to talk about something working.
Find the verb stem for funcionar (foon-see-OH-nahr).
Find the verb stem for funcionar (foon-see-OH-nahr).
Use present tense to describe current functioning.
Use present tense to describe current functioning.
Switch to the imperfect tense to talk about something that used to work.
Switch to the imperfect tense to talk about something that used to work.
Use the preterite tense if the functioning happened entirely in the past.
Use the preterite tense if the functioning happened entirely in the past.
Use the future tense if functioning will happen at a future time.
Use the future tense if functioning will happen at a future time.
Say "el trabajo" (ell trah-VAH-yoh) if you're talking about employment.
Say "el trabajo" (ell trah-VAH-yoh) if you're talking about employment.
Alternate "trabajo" with "empleo" (ahm-PLAY-oh).
Alternate "trabajo" with "empleo" (ahm-PLAY-oh).
Speak of an artistic creation with "la obra" (lah OH-brah).
Speak of an artistic creation with "la obra" (lah OH-brah).
Use faena (fah-EHN-ah) to talk about a job or task.
Use faena (fah-EHN-ah) to talk about a job or task.
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