labour

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labour , [lei-bar]
sustantivo
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Forma usual en Inglaterra, y lo mismo con sus derivados, l

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labour
labor (US)
[ˈleɪbəʳ]
noun
1 (work, toil) trabajo; (m)
the culmination of fifteen months' labour hard physical labour the prospect of days of /hard physical labour/ the hedge needed cutting and the windows cleaning. The prospect of such labour seemed like an adventure, and he couldn't wait to start their livelihood depends on the exchange of their labour for a wage every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour ...Ireland's Department of Labour He noted the increased heterogeneity, individualism and interdependence that arose from the division of labour
the division of labourdivision la división del trabajo
hard labourhard (Jur) trabajos forzados; (m)
five years' hard labour cinco años de trabajos forzados
[Minister] of Labour ...Bonn's Minister for Labour
Ministry of LabourMinistry Ministerio de Trabajo; (m)
to withdraw one's labourwithdraw ponerse en huelga
whenever the production workers withdrew their labour, they invariably prevailed upon the distribution drivers to support their stoppage tens of thousands of workers withdrew their labour they are threatening a withdrawal of labour
manual
2 (effort) (usu pl) trabajo; (m) esfuerzo; (m)
she inspected the result of his labours
he is starting to see the fruits of his laboursfruits está empezando a ver los frutos de su trabajo sus esfuerzos;or
after five years of research, we are almost in a position to reveal to the world the fruits of our labours in medical research, the fruits of your labours may be 25 years away during the last two seasons Schofield has started to see the fruits of his labours
3 (task) trabajo; (m) tarea; (f)
a labour of lovelove un trabajo realizado con amor; una tarea realizada con amor
the labours of HerculesHercules los trabajos de Hércules
this biography is clearly a labour of love writing dictionaries is a labour of love writing this book has been a labour of love restoring the house had been a labour of love writing this book has been a great pleasure, a true labour of love his involvement is more /a labour of love/ than a financial investment it was a very amateurish effort/ but it was a labour of love /and took many months When you buy a run-down cottage, you must realize that /you are embarking on a labour of love/, not buying a bargain
4 (Ind) (workers) obreros; (m) (workforce) mano de obra; (f)
capital and labourcapital la empresa y los obreros
a shift in the balance of power between social forces, between capital and labour the struggle between capital and labour
women were used as a source of cheap labourcheap se utilizaba a las mujeres como mano de obra barata
they were cheap labour workshops using child labour goods produced using child labour the law on child labour is complex we should refuse to purchase carpets which have been produced by child labour there is a shortage of [skilled] labour he's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn some cash I signed up for voluntary work, not slave labour the abundance of unskilled labour in some countries
child skilled
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LabourLabour (Britain) (Pol) el Partido Laborista; los laboristas
to vote Labourvote votar a los laboristas
6 (birth) parto; (m)
some women prefer to move about during labour
to be in labourbe in estar de parto
to go into labourgo into ponerse de parto
verb:transitive
[+point] insistir en
I think that's labouring the point a bitpoint creo que eso es insistir demasiado en ese punto
I won't labour the point no insistiré en ello
verb:intransitive
1 (work) trabajar
peasants labouring in the fields citizens who are unproductive or do not labor at all
to labour at sthat trabajar en algo
all these years he had been labouring at something he didn't want to do to support us all for twenty-five years now /he has laboured to build a religious community/ for years doctors have been labouring to devise procedures to insert healthy genes into patients suffering from genetic diseases The Prime Minister laboured long and hard to inspire his delegates
the labouring classesclasses las clases trabajadoras
ideas which might politicize the labouring classes and cause them to question the status quo
a labouring jobjob un trabajo de peón
to labour to do sthto esforzarse afanarse por hacer algo;or
sight of working-class women doing heavy labouring jobs on building sites young people left the farm for labouring jobs in the city
2 (struggle) [+engine] sonar forzado
the engine is labouring
to labour up a hill [+person, vehicle] subir una cuesta con esfuerzo dificultad;or
as we laboured up the last hill, we moaned about how unfit we were it was almost painful to watch him labor up the slope the car laboured up the hill he would watch ships labouring through the storms like logs of wood
you seem to be labouring under a misapprehensionmisapprehension me parece que te estás equivocando
to labour under the misapprehension illusion thator engañarse pensando que; creerse que
they were labouring [under] the delusion that A young fellow laboured under the delusion that he was a Yorkshire terrier Spanish customers laboured under the misapprehension that brandy butter should be spread on toast he had been labouring under the delusion that they were decent and honourable men their chefs are labouring under the delusion that they have invented a whole new style of cuisine she laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing the club is labouring under debts of £2.5 million a young man who's labouring under all kinds of difficulties they labour under the burden of past mistakes From America to Japan, collectors labouring under the recession are selling original masterpieces and replacing them with copies to labour in [vain] Someone had clearly gone to a lot of trouble making the banner, but they had laboured in vain
modifier
labour camp (n) campamento de trabajos forzados; (m)
labour costs (n) costo de la mano de obra; (m)
labour dispute (n) conflicto laboral; (m)
Labour Exchange (n) (Britain) (formerly) Bolsa de Trabajo; (f)
labour force (n) (numbers, people) mano de obra; (f)
labour law (n) (as study) derecho laboral; (m)
labour market (n) mercado laboral; (m) mercado del trabajo; (m)
labour movement (n) movimiento obrero; (m)
labour pains (n) (birth) dolores de parto; (m)
Labour Party (n) Partido Laborista; (m)
labour relations (n) relaciones laborales; (f)
labour supply (n) oferta de mano de obra; (f)
labour ward (n) sala de partos; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "labour"

Imperative
  • labour
  • you labour
  • he/she labours
  • we labour
  • you labour
  • they labour
Preterite
  • I laboured
  • you laboured
  • he/she laboured
  • we laboured
  • you laboured
  • they laboured
Present Continuous
  • I am labouring
  • you are labouring
  • he/she is labouring
  • we are labouring
  • you are labouring
  • they are labouring
Present Perfect
  • I have laboured
  • you have laboured
  • he/she has laboured
  • we have laboured
  • you have laboured
  • they have laboured
Past Continuous
  • I was labouring
  • you were labouring
  • he/she was labouring
  • we were labouring
  • you were labouring
  • they were labouring
Past Perfect
  • I had laboured
  • you had laboured
  • he/she had laboured
  • we had laboured
  • you had laboured
  • they had laboured
Future
  • I will labour
  • you will labour
  • he/she will labour
  • we will labour
  • you will labour
  • they will labour
Future Perfect
  • I will have laboured
  • you will have laboured
  • he/she will have laboured
  • we will have laboured
  • you will have laboured
  • they will have laboured
Future Continuous
  • I will be labouring
  • you will be labouring
  • he/she will be labouring
  • we will be labouring
  • you will be labouring
  • they will be labouring
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been labouring
  • you have been labouring
  • he/she has been labouring
  • we have been labouring
  • you have been labouring
  • they have been labouring
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been labouring
  • you will have been labouring
  • he/she will have been labouring
  • we will have been labouring
  • you will have been labouring
  • they will have been labouring
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been labouring
  • you had been labouring
  • he/she had been labouring
  • we had been labouring
  • you had been labouring
  • they had been labouring
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