Empleada (en. Employee)

/em-ple-'a-da/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
A person who performs paid work for another person or entity.
The office employee takes care of the correspondence.
La empleada de la oficina se encarga de la correspondencia.
Woman who works in a specific service, such as cleaning or customer service.
The domestic employee arrived to clean the house.
La empleada doméstica llegó a limpiar la casa.
Worker who holds a position in a company or institution.
The bank employee helped me open an account.
La empleada del banco me ayudó a abrir una cuenta.

Etymology

From the verb 'emplear', which means to give work to someone.

Common Phrases and Expressions

domestic employee
A person employed to perform household tasks.
empleada del hogar
public employee
Worker who works for the government.
empleada pública
administrative employee
A person who performs administrative tasks in a company.
empleada administrativa

Related Words

employment
Available jobs or position in a work area.
empleo
employer
Person or company that hires employees.
empleador
employability
Ability of a person to obtain employment.
empleabilidad

Slang Meanings

Work
She is looking for work because she did not like her previous job.
Ella está buscando chamba porque su anterior empleo no le gustó.
Job
She got a job as an employee in a store.
Consiguió un laburo como empleada en una tienda.