Another word for trabajadoras

Question

My understanding is that "trabajadoras" refers to all working women. Is there a Spanish word to refer exclusively to professional working women or women working in offices?

Answer 1

Hi Rikko!! In fact, they are all "trabajadoras", but if you need to make a difference you can say:

-professional working women: profesionales

-women working in offices: oficinistas or administrativas

-women working in a factory: obreras

Thank you, Benz. I think either profesionales or oficinistas would be the word I am looking for. Profesionales sounds nicer though. - Rikko, ABR 9, 2010

Answer 2

HI rikko, hmm,

mujer trabajadora: working woman

obrera: normally some kind of "manual" work implied, like construction or cleaning

Thank you, Heidita, but it seems to me that there is not much difference between trabajadora and obrera, so I was thinking perhaps there is another distinctive word. - Rikko, ABR 9, 2010

Answer 3

Female office worker is funcionaria and in some cases they could be secretaria.

In Argentina "funcionario/a" is used for the people who work for the Government, and "secretria" is epecifically "secretary" :) - Benz, ABR 9, 2010

Yes same here, but they are working in office administration so they are a type of office worker, teachers and other public servants work for the government but you don't call them funcionarios. - kenwilliams, ABR 9, 2010