empleado
employee
noun em-pleh-AH-doh Less Common
Origin: From Latin implicare, past participle implicatus, via Old French.
Usage Note
Empleado is the standard word for an employee or worker. The feminine form is empleada. In Spain, empleada del hogar (or empleada doméstica) is the formal term for a housekeeper. Do not confuse with empleador (employer). The related verb is emplear (to employ, to use).
Examples
"Los empleados recibieron un aumento de sueldo."
Natural Translation
The employees received a pay rise.
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