Usage Note
Empleador is the formal term for an employer — the person or organisation that hires and pays workers. Its counterpart is empleado ('employee'). In Latin American Spanish empleador is standard in labour law and official documents, though in Spain empresario is also widely used to mean 'employer' or 'business owner'. The feminine form is empleadora.
Examples
"El empleador debe pagar el salario a tiempo."
Natural Translation
The employer must pay the salary on time.
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