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travailler

to work

verb trah-vah-YEH Common

Usage Note

Travailler descends from the Latin tripalium, a three-staked instrument of torture, a grim origin echoed in travail used for the labour of childbirth. The noun travail means work or a job, les travaux are roadworks or construction, and travailleur is both the worker and the adjective for hardworking.

Examples

"Je travaille demain."

Natural Translation

I'm working tomorrow.

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