laburo

See also: laburó

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laˈbuɾo/, [laˈβuɾo]

Etymology 1

From Italian lavoro (“work”).

Noun

laburo m (plural laburos)

(colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) work
Voy al laburo — I’m going to work.
(colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) hard or tiring task

Synonyms

chamba (Central America, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru), curro (Spain), empleo, faena, pega (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), quehacer, tarea

Related terms

laburar

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

laburo

(colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of laburar.

Further reading

“laburo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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