laborioso

/laboˈɾjozu/

adjective C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

feminine
laboriosa
plural
laboriosos

Meaning

  1. hard-working

    • É um povo laborioso.

      They are a hard-working people.

Similar words

trabalhador

laborioso is more formal or literary; trabalhador is the everyday word, which also means "worker" as a noun — both mean "hard-working."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

esforzado

esforzado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hard-working."

Practice

1 What does laborioso mean?

2 Fill the gap: É um povo ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches laborioso?

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