🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tiempo completo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈtjem.po komˈple.to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Full-time/ˈfʊl.taɪm/
adjectiveadverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Necesito un trabajo de tiempo completo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Occupying or using the whole of available working time, typically 35 to 40 hours per week.

    "She recently accepted a full-time position as a project manager."
As adverb
  1. 1

    For the whole of the normal working week or period.

    "He has been working full-time since graduating from university."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English adjectives 'full' (complete, entire) and 'tīma' (time, period). It emerged in the late 19th century during the Industrial Revolution to distinguish standard working hours from part-time employment arrangements.

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