Galician

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Etymology

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From empregar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /empɾeˈɡado/ [em.pɾeˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /empɾeˈħado/ [em.pɾeˈħɑ.ð̞ʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Noun

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empregado m (plural empregados, feminine empregada, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. employee
    • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:
      […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.
      […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

Participle

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. past participle of empregar: having been employed

Derived terms

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Adjective

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. employed (in a job, working)

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.do/

  • Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Participle

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. past participle of empregar: having been employed
    Synonym: empregue

Adjective

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. employed (in a job, working)

Noun

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empregado m (plural empregados, feminine empregada, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. employee
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.do/

  • Hyphenation: em‧pre‧ga‧do

Participle

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. past participle of empregar: having been folded or pleated; having become paralyzed

Adjective

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empregado (feminine empregada, masculine plural empregados, feminine plural empregadas)

  1. folded, pleated
  2. (regional, Beira) paralyzed