🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU) from 🇬🇧 English All Words
trabalho
A1 noun Lugares
🇬🇧 English: work
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Definição

🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU)
noun

trabalho

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A place where you do your job. Also means the activity of doing your job.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Noun and verb. As a place: 'I am at work.' As activity: 'I have a lot of work to do.' Say 'go to work' (no article) when you are an employee. Common collocations: work from home, hard work, teamwork, homework, work-life balance.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Working hours in the UK are typically 9 to 5 (nine to five), Monday to Friday. 'Work from home' (WFH) became very common after 2020. 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' is a proverb meaning that working too much without rest is bad for you.

Exemplos

Eles estão muito ocupados no trabalho.

"Eles estão muito ocupados no trabalho."

🇬🇧 "They are very busy at work."

Houve uma grande reunião no trabalho hoje.

"Houve uma grande reunião no trabalho hoje."

🇬🇧 "There was a big meeting at work today."

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