trabajo
Spanish, noun
trabajo is spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-O (7 letters) and appears 646 times per million words in written Spanish, the 120th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trabajo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “work, job” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trabajar. With an accent, trabajó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of trabajar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de trabajar (ocuparse en una actividad)”.
What does trabajo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinework, job
Es un trabajo duro, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
- 2
masculinework
- 3
Spainmasculineschool assignment, often a presentation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trabajar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of trabajar
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 (ocuparse en una actividad). 2. En particular, trabajo₁ que se desempeña regularmente, en especial si por una retribución o remuneración. 3. Cosa producida mediante el trabajo₁. 4. Lugar donde se desempeña el trabajo₂.
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 trabajo
- trabajos plural
- travajo alternative misspelling obsolete
- trabaxo alternative obsolete
- travaxo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trabajo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trabajo in Spanish?
trabajo appears 646 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).