nounnounadjectiveverb
el empleado
employee
Persona que trabaja para otra o para una empresa a cambio de un pago.
Definition & meaning
- Employee: A person who works for an employer, usually for pay.
- Employed or used: As an adjective or past participle, it describes someone who has a job or something that has been put to use.
Grammar & Word origin
Empleado can be a masculine noun or adjective. Its feminine form is empleada ; the plural forms are empleados and empleadas .
It is also the past participle of emplear , “to employ” or “to use.” Emplear comes from Latin implicāre, originally meaning “to involve” or “entangle.”
Synonyms & antonyms
- trabajador — “worker”; broader than empleado, as it can include self-employed people.
- asalariado — “wage earner”; emphasizes receiving a salary or wages.
- desempleado — “unemployed”; the opposite of being employed.
- empleador — “employer”; the person or organization that hires an employee, rather than a direct antonym.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
El empleado trabaja en la oficina.noun
The employee works in the office.
El empleado ayuda a los clientes.noun
The employee helps the customers.
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