empleado

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of emplear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empleˈado/ [ẽm.pleˈa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: em‧ple‧a‧do

Adjective

empleado (feminine empleada, masculine plural empleados, feminine plural empleadas)

1. employed

   Antonyms: desempleado, cesante, en paro

Noun

empleado m (plural empleados, feminine empleada, feminine plural empleadas)

1. employee

Derived terms

• caja de empleados

 

Related terms

• empleador

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: empleat
• → Cebuano: empleyado
• → Tagalog: empleado

Participle

empleado (feminine empleada, masculine plural empleados, feminine plural empleadas)

1. past participle of emplear

Further reading

• “empleado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• empleyado — common

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empleado (“employee”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔempleˈado/ [ʔɛm.plɛˈaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: em‧ple‧a‧do

Noun

empleado (feminine empleada, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜇᜓ)

1. employee

   Synonym: kawani

See also

• namamasukan

Further reading

• “empleado” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “empleado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018