How to say

To work

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Amharic አማርኛ am

መሥራት

me-SRAHT

Use 'mesrat' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Arabic العربية ar

يعمل

yah-MA-loo

Use 'ya'malu' for 'he works', and conjugate for other pronouns.

Bangla বাংলা bn

কাজ করা

kaaj ko-RA

Use 'kaaj kora' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Catalan català ca

Treballar

tre-ba-LYAR

Use 'treballar' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Czech čeština cs

Pracovat

PRA-tso-vat

Use 'pracovat' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Danish dansk da

Arbejde

AR-bye

Use 'arbejde' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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German Deutsch de

Arbeiten

AR-by-ten

Use 'arbeiten' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Δουλεύω

Dhoo-LEH-vo

Use 'doulevo' in informal settings, and 'ergazomai' for more formal situations.

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Spanish Español es

Trabajar

trah-bah-HAR

Use 'trabajar' in any context related to employment or performing a task.

Estonian eesti et

Töötama

TU-o-ta-ma

Use 'töötama' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Basque Basque eu

Lan egin

lan e-GIN

Use 'lan egin' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Persian فارسی fa

کار کردن

kar kar-DAN

Use 'kār kardan' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Finnish suomi fi

Työskennellä

TYO-sken-nel-lä

Use 'työskennellä' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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French Français fr

Travailler

tra-VA-yay

Use 'travailler' for all types of work, from professional to household chores.

Galician Galician gl

Traballar

tra-ba-LYAR

Use 'traballar' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

કામ કરવું

kaam kar-VU

Use 'kaam karvu' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Aiki

AH-ee-kee

Use 'aiki' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Hebrew עברית he

לעבוד

la-a-VOD

Use 'la'avod' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

काम करना

kaam kar-NA

Use 'kaam karna' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Hungarian magyar hu

Dolgozni

DOL-goz-nee

Use 'dolgozni' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Bekerja

be-KER-ja

Use 'bekerja' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Að vinna

ath VIN-na

Use 'að vinna' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Italian Italiano it

Lavorare

la-vo-RA-re

Use 'lavorare' for any kind of work, from professional to manual labor.

Japanese 日本語 ja

働く

ha-ta-RA-ku

Use 'hataraku' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Korean 한국어 ko

일하다

il-HA-da

Use 'ilhada' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Dirbti

DEER-bee-tee

Use 'dirbti' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Strādāt

STRA-dat

Use 'strādāt' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Marathi मराठी mr

काम करणे

kaam kar-NE

Use 'kaam karṇe' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Malay Melayu ms

Bekerja

be-KER-ja

Use 'bekerja' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Werken

WER-ken

Use 'werken' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Norwegian norsk no

Å jobbe

oh YOB-beh

Use 'å jobbe' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ

kam kar-NA

Use 'kam karna' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Polish polski pl

Pracować

pra-TSO-vatch

Use 'pracować' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

Portuguese Português pt

Trabalhar

tra-ba-LYAR

Use 'trabalhar' for all types of work, from professional to household chores.

Romanian română ro

A lucra

a lu-KRA

Use 'a lucra' for any kind of work, from professional to manual labor.

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Russian русский ru

Работать

ra-ba-TAHT'

Use 'rabotat'' for all types of work, from professional to manual labor.

Swedish svenska sv

Arbeta

ar-BAY-ta

Use 'arbeta' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Kufanya kazi

koo-FA-nya ka-ZI

Use 'kufanya kazi' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

வேலை செய்

VAY-lai sey

Use 'vėlai sey' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

పని చేయడం

pa-NI che-YA-dam

Use 'pani cheyadam' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Thai ไทย th

ทำงาน

tam ngaan

Use 'tham ngan' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Magtrabaho

mag-tra-BA-ho

Use 'magtrabaho' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Çalışmak

cha-LISH-mak

Use 'çalışmak' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Працювати

pra-tsyu-VA-ti

Use 'pratsyuvaty' for all types of work, from professional to manual labor.

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Urdu اردو ur

کام کرنا

kaam kar-NA

Use 'kaam karna' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Làm việc

lam viec

Use 'làm việc' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Ṣiṣẹ́

shee-SHEH

Use 'ṣiṣẹ́' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Chinese 中文 zh

工作

gong-ZWO

Use 'gōngzuò' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

工作

gung1 jok3

Use 'gung1 zok3' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Ukusebenza

oo-koo-seh-BEN-za

Use 'ukusebenza' for any kind of work, including paid employment and tasks.

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