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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestrabajo manual
Pronunciation / Transliteration: [tɾaˈβaxo maˈnwal]
"El trabajo manual requiere fuerza física y resistencia."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Physical work done with the hands, typically requiring bodily strength and stamina rather than specialized intellectual or academic training.
"Constructing the stone wall required hours of grueling manual labor." - 2
Employment or tasks involving bodily exertion as opposed to mental or desk-based administration.
"He decided to leave his office job to pursue a career in construction and manual labor."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'manual' from Latin 'manualis' (pertaining to the hand, from manus 'hand'), and 'labor' from Latin 'labor' (toil, exertion, hardship). Together, the phrase emerged in Middle English and Old French contexts to specifically denote physical work done directly by human hands rather than machinery.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Manual labor" is said worldwide
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travail manuel
Transliteration: [tʁa.vaj ma.nɥɛl]
"Ce métier exige un effort physique et du travail manuel constant."
Handarbeit
Transliteration: [ˈhantʔaʁbaɪt]
"Körperliche Handarbeit kann sehr anstrengend für den Rücken sein."
lavoro manuale
Transliteration: [laˈvoː.ro maˈnwaː.le]
"Molti giovani oggi preferiscono il lavoro d'ufficio al lavoro manuale."
trabajo manual
Transliteration: [tɾaˈβaxo maˈnwal]
"El trabajo manual requiere fuerza física y resistencia."
trabalho manual
Transliteration: [tɾaˈbaʎu mɐnuˈaw]
"Ele ganha a vida fazendo trabalho manual na construção civil."
शारीरिक श्रम
Transliteration: sharik shram
"इस पुल के निर्माण में बहुत से मजदूरों ने शारीरिक श्रम किया है।"
体力劳动
Transliteration: tǐlì láodòng
"机械化减轻了工人们的大量体力劳动。"
육체노동
Transliteration: yukche nodong
"그는 젊었을 때 많은 육체노동을 경험했다."
肉体労働
Transliteration: nikutai rōdō
"建設現場での肉体労働は大変な重労働です。"
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