"job, employment" in sette lingue
Significatojob, employment
Spagnolo
/emˈpleo/
m.prestito · French emploi (employer)
Francese
/ɑ̃plwa/
m.ereditaria
Italiano
/imˈpjɛgo/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/ẽˈpɾeɡu/
m.ereditaria
Rumeno
/ˈsluʒbə/
f.altra origine · Old Church Slavonic služĭba 'service'
Catalano
/ˈfɛjnə/
f.altra origine · Latin FACIENDA 'things to be done'
The same word as 'work': buscar feina is 'to look for a job'.
Inglese
/dʒɑb/
altra origine · origin uncertain (16th c.)
L’antenato latino
IMPLICĀRE‘to fold in, involve’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
To employ someone was first to 'fold them into' a task. Italian shows the regular pl → pi (impiego); Spanish took the word from French — its own inherited descendant of the same verb family is llegar, from PLICĀRE 'to fold (the sails)', i.e. to arrive.
Parenti inglesi: employ, imply, implicate
Imparala
In una frase
- esEstá buscando empleo.
- frElle cherche un emploi.
- itSta cercando un impiego.
- ptEla está procurando emprego.
- roÎși caută o slujbă.
- caBusca feina.
- enShe is looking for a job.