empregado

Galician

Etymology

From empregar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /empɾeˈɡado/ [em.pɾeˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /empɾeˈɡado/ [em.pɾeˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /empɾeˈħado/ [em.pɾeˈħɑ.ð̞ʊ]

• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Noun

empregado m (plural empregados, feminine empregada, feminine plural empregadas)

1. employee
   • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:

     […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.

     […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

Participle

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. past participle of empregar: having been employed

Derived terms

• estar ben empregado (“to be deserved”)

 

Adjective

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. employed (in a job, working)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “empregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “empregado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empregado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empregado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empregado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾɨˈɡa.du/ [ẽ.pɾɨˈɣa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Participle

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. past participle of empregar: having been employed

   Synonym: empregue

Adjective

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. employed (in a job, working)

Noun

empregado m (plural empregados, feminine empregada, feminine plural empregadas)

1. employee

Derived terms

• empregado de mesa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾɛˈɡa.du/ [ẽ.pɾɛˈɣa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Participle

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. past participle of empregar: having been folded or pleated; having become paralyzed

Adjective

empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

1. folded, pleated
2. (regional, Beira) paralyzed