work in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for work in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.work [Am wərk, Brit wəːk] N

1. work U (labor, tasks):

work
it was a lot of work
I've got work to do
repair work
repair work
work in process or Brit progress
she put a lot of work into it
to set to work
to set to work
keep up the good work!
he's such hard work
that was quick work!
it's all in a day's work

3. work in phrases:

at work he's at work
at work he's at work
“men at work”
in work Brit, those in work

1. work (to earn a living):

work people:
to work hard
we work a 40-hour week
to work for sb
to work in sth to work in marble
to work in oils
to work in oils
to work under sb

III.work [Am wərk, Brit wəːk] VB trans

3.1. work (to force gradually, manipulate) + adv compl:

4.1. work < pt & pp worked or wrought> (to bring about) → wrought

work miracle

part work N esp Brit (of book, journal)

contract work [ˈkɒntrakt ˌwəːk] N

work up VB [Am wərk -, Brit wəːk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

I.work out VB [Am wərk -, Brit wəːk -] (v + adv)

II.work out VB [Am wərk -, Brit wəːk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

work in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for work in the English»Spanish Dictionary

work-sharing [ˈwɜ:kˌʃeərɪŋ, Am ˈwɜ:rkˌʃerɪŋ] N

work Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to work like a dog Am, to work like a slave
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The male bodybuilder introduced her to a female bodybuilder and suggested we start training five days a week and work one body part a day.
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The churchs social work includes poverty alleviation, blindness control and promoting adult literacy.
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Also, many viruses created by the program did not work at all - and often, their source codes could not be compiled.
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He puts on a car mechanic overall and comes down and there's no room for chit-chat, it's straight to work.
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But he soon left to work in Burma for two years, leaving her with her in-laws.
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Employees often work at cross-purposes when their goals, metrics and incentives are not aligned.
business.financialpost.com
The company also acts as the middleman through which he produces his licensed comics work.
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From 1923 he began to devote all his energy to the literary arts and to work productively.
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His latest work used a process known as nutrient signaling to develop a nutraceutical treatment that may cause weight loss.
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They work under cognitive overload, engaging in multitasking and encountering frequent interruptions.
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