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n

• 1 u (labor, tasks) trabajo (m) she put a lot of work into it = puso mucho esfuerzo en ello it's hard work digging = cavar es muy duro

• 2 u (employment) trabajo (m) to go to work = ir* a trabajar or al trabajo

• 3 (in phrases)

  at work

  he's at work = está en el trabajo, está en la oficina ( or la fábrica etc) they were hard at work = estaban muy ocupados trabajando

  off work

  she was off work for a month after the accident = después del accidente estuvo un mes sin trabajar he took a day off work = se tomó un día libre

  out of work

  to be out of work = estar* sin trabajo or desocupado or desempleado or (Chi tb) cesante, estar* parado (Esp) (before n) out-of-work = desocupado, desempleado, parado (Esp) , cesante (Chi)

• 4 a c (product, single item) obra (f) a work of art = una obra de arte b u (output) trabajo (m) a piece of work = un trabajo it was the work of a professional = era obra de un profesional see also works