desempleado

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ empleado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desempleˈado/ [d̪e.sẽm.pleˈa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧ple‧a‧do

Adjective

desempleado (feminine desempleada, masculine plural desempleados, feminine plural desempleadas)

1. unemployed

   Synonym: cesante

   Antonym: empleado

Noun

desempleado m (plural desempleados, feminine desempleada, feminine plural desempleadas)

1. unemployed (person)

   Synonyms: cesante, parado

   Antonym: empleado

Related terms

• desempleo

Further reading

• “desempleado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10