empresa

=

company

sustantivo

empresa

feminine noun

1. company (sociedad)

pequeña y mediana empresa -> small and medium-sized business
libre empresa -> free enterprise
empresa conjunta -> joint venture
empresa filial -> subsidiary
empresa matriz -> parent company
empresa privada -> private company
la empresa privada -> the private sector
empresa pública -> public sector firm
la empresa pública -> the public sector
empresa de trabajo temporal -> temping agency
empresa de transportes -> haulage firm

2. enterprise, undertaking (acción)

se embarcó en una peligrosa empresa -> he embarked on a risky enterprise o undertaking

EMPRESA DE TRABAJO TEMPORAL The empresa de trabajo temporal (ETT) was first legally permitted in 1994, and agencies of this type have grown rapidly in number. It is thanks to their influence, critics say, that the Spanish labor market has become increasingly casualized, with short term contracts (some as short as five days) now becoming widespread. ETTs are most numerous in the service sector, and tend to attract young workers with few qualifications. The ETT allows a business to expand its workforce without adding to the number of permanent staff, who have the right to redundancy, which is still a substantial expense for a Spanish business. Pressure from trade unions has led to the ending of some of the worst abuses of the system (for example where workers were employed for years on rolling contracts without paid holidays).

empresa [em-pray’-sah]

noun

1. Symbol, motto. (f)

2. Enterprise, undertaking. (f)