| Traduções principais |
WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| working adj | (employed) (que trabalha) | empregado adj |
| | | trabalhador adj |
| | He's a working man, now that he has found a job. |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Ele é um trabalhador, agora que encontrou emprego. |
| sedulous adj | (diligent) | diligente, aplicado, trabalhador adj |
hardworking,
also UK: hard-working adj | (diligent) (diligente) | trabalhador adj |
| | | diligente adj |
| | | esforçado adj |
| | The seasonal workers employed to help with the harvest are very hardworking indeed. |
| | Os trabalhadores temporários empregados para ajudarem na colheira são realmente muito trabalhadores. |
laborer (US),
labourer (UK) n | (manual worker) | trabalhador, operário sm |
| | | peão sm |
| | Ted works as a laborer in the field and spends all day in the sun. |
| workman n | (male laborer) | trabalhador, operário sm |
| | The workmen have started digging a hole in the road. |
| toiler n | (hard worker) | labutador sm |
| | | trabalhador sm |
| trouper n | figurative, informal (hardworking person) (figurado, alguém que trabalha duro) | trabalhador sm |
| | Lucy works hard; she's a real trouper! |
workingman,
working man n | (working-class adult male) | trabalhador sm |
| foot soldier n | (ordinary worker) (figurativo) | jornaleiro, trabalhador sm |
| | The real foot soldiers of this company are on the factory floor assembling the products. |
| hustler n | (energetic person) (pessoa energética) | trabalhador sm |
| | You've got to be a hustler to make the department work. |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| aid worker n | (person who works for charity) | trabalhador de ajuda humanitária loc sm |
| | Their government sends a lot of aid workers to foreign countries following natural disasters. |
| casual worker n | (temporary worker) | trabalhador temporário loc sm |
| construction worker n | (builder) | trabalhador da construção civil loc sm |
| | (informal, possivelmente pejorativo) | peão sm |
| | The construction workers on this site all wear hard hats for protection. |
| eager beaver n | figurative, informal (enthusiastic, hardworking person) | trabalhador entusiástico sm + adj |
| | | trabalhador diligente sm + adj |
| | My daughter is an eager beaver with her chores when I promise her ice cream. |
| | Minha filha é uma trabalhadora entusiástica com suas tarefas quando prometo sorvete para ela. |
| factory worker n | (manufacturing labourer) | trabalhador fabril loc sm |
| | The factory workers at the plant went on strike for better wages. |
farm laborer (US),
farm labourer (UK) n | (person who works on a farm) | trabalhador rural sm + adj |
| fellah n | (Arab laborer) | trabalhador rural loc sm |
| | | felá sm |
| foreign worker n | (sb employed abroad) | trabalhador estrangeiro loc sm |
freelance,
free-lance,
free lance n | informal (self-employed or contract worker) (informal, BRA) | autônomo adl |
| | (POR) | trabalhador independente, trabalhador por conta própria loc sm |
| | I used to work for a big corporation but now I'm a freelance. |
| | Eu costumava trabalhar para uma grande empresa, mas agora eu sou autônomo. |
| | Costumava trabalhar para uma grande empresa, mas agora sou trabalhador independente. |
| full-time worker n | (sb employed on a full-time basis) | trabalhador em tempo integral loc sm |
| full-timer n | (sb who works full-time) | trabalhador em tempo integral expres |
| furniture mover n | US (company: transports furniture) | trabalhador de mudanças loc sm |
| guest worker n | (person working in foreign country) | trabalhador convidado loc sm |
| | | trabalhador imigrante loc sm |
| | Mika went to Australia for three months as a guest worker. |
| hard worker n | (sb who works diligently) | trabalhador empenhado sm |
| | Julie is a hard worker who does everything that's asked of her. |
| homeworker n | (person who works from home) | trabalhador em casa loc sm |
| | Because of her poor health, Sharon is a homeworker. |
| industrial n | rare (industrial worker) | trabalhador de indústria sm |
| | Most of the town's residents are industrials. |
| | A maioria dos residentes da cidade são industriais. |
key worker,
keyworker,
essential worker n | (sb providing vital goods or services) (serviços vitais) | trabalhador essencial sm |
| | | trabalhadora essencial sf |
| migrant worker n | (sb who finds work in a foreign country) | trabalhador imigrante loc sm |
| | Unscrupulous employers sometimes take advantage of migrant workers. |
| migrant worker n | US (sb who moves frequently to do seasonal work) | trabalhador sazonal loc sm |
| | Every summer thousands of migrant workers go north to find work harvesting crops. |
| minion n | (subordinate worker) | trabalhador subordinado loc sm |
| | The police captain always defended his minions. |
| part-time worker n | (employee: not full time) | trabalhador em tempo parcial loc sm |
| | Many mothers are part-time workers: they can't work full-time because of their children. |
| part-timer n | colloquial (worker) | trabalhador de meio período sm + loc adj |
| | Nina works as a part-timer at the supermarket. |
| production worker n | (machine operator) | trabalhador do setor de produção loc sm |
| road worker n | (person employed to do roadworks) | trabalhador de estrada sm |
| roughneck n | (oil rig labourer) | trabalhador de plataforma de petróleo loc sm |
| roustabout n | US (unskilled worker) | trabalhador braçal loc sm |
| salaried employee n | (worker paid a fixed wage) | assalariado sm |
| | | trabalhador assalariado loc sm |
| | The head of the department is a salaried employee; her assistant is paid hourly. |
| sanitation worker n | (person that disposes of garbage) | trabalhador do setor de saneamento loc sm |
| self-employed adj | (freelance, working for own company) (BRA) | autônomo sm |
| | (POR, anglicismo) | freelance sm |
| | (POR) | trabalhador independente sm + adj |
| | Charlotte loved being self-employed because she was her own boss and could work from home. |
| sewage worker n | (sb employed in waste treatment) | trabalhador do setor de saneamento sm |
| sole trader n | (independent businessperson) (comerciante independente) | trabalhador autônomo sm |
| | (informal) | autônomo sm |
| | (formal) | comerciante autônomo sm |
| swagman n | AU (traveling laborer) | trabalhador itinerante sm |
| unpaid worker n | (person who works without pay) | trabalhador não remunerado loc sm |
| | An example of an unpaid worker is someone who works as a volunteer for a charity. |
| working poor npl | (people on very low income) | trabalhador de baixa renda loc sm |
| worth your salt expr | (good worker) | bom trabalhador adj + sm |