traballar

Galician

Alternative forms

• trabalhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torment”), derived from Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”). Compare Portuguese trabalhar, Spanish trabajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾabaˈʎaɾ/

Verb

traballar (first-person singular present traballo, first-person singular preterite traballei, past participle traballado)

1. (intransitive) to work

   Synonym: choiar

2. (intransitive) to struggle, strive

   Synonym: esforzar

3. (transitive) to exert an effort on something; usually referred to a field (cultivate), dough (knead), or iron (forge)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of traballar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	traballar
Personal	traballar	traballares	traballar	traballarmos	traballardes	traballaren
Gerund
	traballando
Past participle
Masculine	traballado			traballados
Feminine	traballada			traballadas
Indicative
Present	traballo	traballas	traballa	traballamos	traballades	traballan
Imperfect	traballaba	traballabas	traballaba	traballabamos	traballabades	traballaban
Preterite	traballei	traballaches	traballou	traballamos	traballastes	traballaron
Pluperfect	traballara	traballaras	traballara	traballaramos	traballarades	traballaran
Future	traballarei	traballarás	traballará	traballaremos	traballaredes	traballarán
Conditional	traballaría	traballarías	traballaría	traballariamos	traballariades	traballarían
Subjunctive
Present	traballe	traballes	traballe	traballemos	traballedes	traballen
Imperfect	traballase	traballases	traballase	traballásemos	traballásedes	traballasen
Future	traballar	traballares	traballar	traballarmos	traballardes	traballaren
Imperative
Affirmative		traballa	traballe	traballemos	traballade	traballen
Negative (non)		non traballes	non traballe	non traballemos	non traballedes	non traballen

Related terms

• traballo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “traballar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “traball”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “traballar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “traballar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “traballar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN