laburar

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Italian lavorare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labuˈɾaɾ/ [la.β̞uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧bu‧rar

Verb

laburar (first-person singular present laburo, first-person singular preterite laburé, past participle laburado)

1. (intransitive, Cono Sur, Ecuador, Bolivia) to work

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trabajar

2. (Bolivia, criminal slang) to steal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of laburar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			laburar
gerund			laburando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		laburado		laburada
		plural		laburados		laburadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	laburo	laburastú laburásvos	labura	laburamos	laburáis	laburan
	imperfect	laburaba	laburabas	laburaba	laburábamos	laburabais	laburaban
	preterite	laburé	laburaste	laburó	laburamos	laburasteis	laburaron
	future	laburaré	laburarás	laburará	laburaremos	laburaréis	laburarán
	conditional	laburaría	laburarías	laburaría	laburaríamos	laburaríais	laburarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	labure	laburestú laburésvos2	labure	laburemos	laburéis	laburen
	imperfect (ra)	laburara	laburaras	laburara	laburáramos	laburarais	laburaran
	imperfect (se)	laburase	laburases	laburase	laburásemos	laburaseis	laburasen
	future1	laburare	laburares	laburare	laburáremos	laburareis	laburaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		laburatú laburávos	labure	laburemos	laburad	laburen
	negative		no labures	no labure	no laburemos	no laburéis	no laburen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• laburo

Further reading

• “laburar”, 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