labor
Spanish, noun/laˈboɾ/
labor is spelled L-A-B-O-R (5 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,115th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Labor is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “labor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de trabajar”.
What does labor mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelabor
- 2
femininejob, task, chore
- 3
femininework, effort
- 4
feminineneedlework, embroidery
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de trabajar. 2. Cualquiera producción del entendimiento en ciencias, letras o artes, y con particularidad la que es de alguna importancia. 3. Adorno tejido en la tela, o ejecutado de algún modo en otras cosas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of labor
- labores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labor?
- /laˈboɾ/
- [laˈβ̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is labor in Spanish?
labor appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).