Estoy de recepcionista

Question

I have always learned that to say your profession in spanish you say

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Soy _________ and you put the profession in the blank space

example recepcionista

Now I have just read something and saw

Estoy de recepcionista

I know it is correct but I would like to know if you can do this for every job, or does this have a different translation to

I am a receptionist

The entire sentence was

Está de receptionista en esa hotel

"ese hotel", hotel is a masculine word. - bill1111, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 1

Yes, rather than your profession, "estoy de.. " is used to describe your current job, particularly one that didn't require a lot of personal background and/or qualification. In other words, you'd never say "estoy de médico en el hospital universitario" or "estoy de abogado en una gran empresa".

Answer 2

Estar de is something you are doing that is temporary rather than your profession, like housework or a job while you are a student.

Answer 3

estoy de...i think is a short for im working as... instead of saying estoy trabajando como recepcionista u can say also estoy de recepcionista