empleo

/emˈple.o/

job

Estoy buscando un empleo en el sector tecnológico.

I'm looking for a job in the tech sector.

formal

A paid position of regular employment.

El empleo en esta empresa ofrece beneficios adicionales.

This company's job offers additional benefits.

In Spanish, 'empleo' can also refer to the act of employing someone.

Collocations

buscar empleoto look for a jobofrecer empleoto offer employmentcontrato de empleoemployment contract

to be unemployed

temporary job

Use 'empleo' in formal contexts like job applications or official documents. For casual conversation, 'trabajo' is more common.

In Spanish, 'empleo' is masculine, so adjectives must agree (e.g., 'un empleo bien remunerado').

From Latin 'implicare' (to involve), evolved in Spanish to mean 'employment'.

'Empleo' is more formal than 'trabajo' and is often used in professional or official contexts.

em-

prefix

-pleo

to fold or involve

root

Diccionario Español-Inglés