laburar
Spanish, verb/labuˈɾaɾ/
laburar is spelled L-A-B-U-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laburar is a Spanish verb meaning “to work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desempeñar una ocupación por una retribución”.
What does laburar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work
- 2
slangto steal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desempeñar una ocupación por una retribución. 2. Llevar a cabo una tarea fatigosa y esforzada.
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 laburar
- laburo first-person present singular
- laburé first-person preterite singular
- laburado participle past
- laburando gerund
- laburada feminine participle past
- laburados masculine participle past
- laburadas feminine participle past
- laburas indicative informal present
- laburás indicative informal present
- labura indicative present singular
- laburamos first-person indicative plural
- laburáis indicative plural present
- laburan indicative plural present
- laburaba first-person imperfect indicative
- laburabas imperfect indicative second-person
- laburábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- laburabais imperfect indicative plural
- laburaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laburar?
- /labuˈɾaɾ/
- [la.β̞uˈɾaɾ]
- [laβ̞uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laburar in Spanish?
laburar appears 2.1 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).