empleo

See also: empleó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpleo/ [ẽmˈple.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: em‧ple‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from emplear.

Noun

empleo m (plural empleos)

1. job, employment

   Synonym: trabajo

Derived terms

• agencia de empleo
• desempleo
• expediente de regulación de empleo
• pleno empleo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

empleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of emplear

Further reading

• “empleo”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• empleyo — common

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empleo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemˈpleo/ [ʔɛmˈplɛː.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: em‧ple‧o

Noun

empleo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜓ)

1. work; job; employment

   Synonyms: trabaho, hanapbuhay

2. profession

   Synonym: tungkulin

3. business

   Synonym: negosyo

Derived terms

• iempleo
• mag-empleo

 

Related terms

• empleada
• empleado

 

Further reading

• “empleo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “empleo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018