Work

"Work" in Portuguese

emprego

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

emprego

(place where one is employed)

fortificação

(fortification)

obra

(result of a particular manner of production)

obra

(something produced using the specified material or tool)

obra

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

trabalho

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

trabalho

(place where one is employed)

trabalho

(effort expended on a particular task)

trabalho

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

trabalho

(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)

trabalho

(thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another)

ativar

(to set into action — see also operate)

fazer

(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)

funcionar

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

operar

(to set into action — see also operate)

trabalhar

(to do a specific task)

trabalhar

(to shape, form, or improve a material)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.