traballar

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripaliāre, present active infinitive of *tripaliō, from tripalium (“a torture instrument”), from Latin tripālis (“that which has three stakes”), from tria + pālus. Compare Spanish trabajar, French travailler, Portuguese and Occitan trabalhar, Catalan treballar, Asturian trabayar.

Verb

traballar (first-person singular present traballo, first-person singular preterite traballei, past participle traballado)

1. to work
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of traballar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of traballar