labor
Portuguese, noun/laˈboʁ/
labor is spelled L-A-B-O-R (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Labor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “labor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho penoso e demorado; labuta, laboração, lavor”.
What does labor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelabor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trabalho penoso e demorado; labuta, laboração, lavor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of labor
- labores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labor?
- Brazil /laˈboʁ/
- Brazil [laˈboh]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is labor in Portuguese?
labor appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).