Trabajo en inglés: Vocabulario

Trabajo en inglés: Vocabulario ; La mayoría de las personas trabajan para ganarse la vida. ¡Trabajamos para sobrevivir, pagar las cuentas y, a veces comprarnos cosas bonitas! En esta lección aprenderemos vocabulario, phrasal verbs y modismos relacionados con el trabajo.

 

¿Cómo preguntamos por el trabajo de alguien en inglés?

La pregunta más común para saber acerca del trabajo de alguien es: “What do you do?”

Otras formas de preguntar por el trabajo de alguien:

Preguntas	Respuestas
Can I ask what you do? (Esta forma es más educada.)   What do you do for a living?   What kind of work do you do?   What line of work are you in?	I work for the largest bank in the country. I work on equities and investments. I manage a team of investors. I have ten people under me. I deal with different businessmen. I work with managers and owners of different businesses. One of my responsibilities is to make sure that the money they invested will prosper.

¿Cuáles son los tipos de trabajo y de salario?

 

Tipos de trabajo	Significado	Traducción
full-time job	work for a full number of hours considered standard or normal	trabajo a jornada completa
part-time job	work fewer hours/day than what is normal	trabajo a tiempo parcial
flexitime	work in a chosen time to start and finish	horario flexible
overtime	work more than the required hours in the contract	horas extras
permanent job	a job that doesn’t finish at a period of time	trabajo fijo
temporary job	a job that finishes at a period of time	trabajo temporal

Jimmy works part-time in the coffee shop.

He’s hunting for a permanent job now that his wife is pregnant.

We always work overtime to hit our target.

I can settle for a temporary job to get by my daily expenses.

 

¿De qué forma expresamos la pérdida de un trabajo o qué dejamos un trabajo?

 

Dejar un trabajo	to resign to quit to leave to retire (dejar de trabajar por jubilación o por enfermedad)
Perder un trabajo	to be dismissed to be fired to get fired to get the sack to get the chop to lose your job to let someone go / to be let go to be made redundant (perder un trabajo porque ya no te necesitan más)

She is getting tired of her routine job, so she decided to leave the company

He is about to lose his job. He is always absent and comes to work late.

 

 

Phrasal verbs de trabajo en inglés: Vocabulario

Phrasal verbs	Significado	Ejemplo
work off	hacer ejercicio para quitarte estrés o perder peso	I love going to the gym at the weekend. It helps me work off all the stress of the week.
work on	mejorar o desarrollar	The IT guys are working on a new platform for billing.
work out	terminar bien encontrar una respuesta o solución hacer ejercicio	I’m so glad everything worked out for you. That’s a difficult calculation. Give me a minute to work it out.
work over	asaltar o pegar	The poor old man was worked over by some boys.
work through	tratar con, resolver un problema	You two need to site down and work through these issues.
work up	causar un estado emocional llegar a algo a través de la preparación	Everyone is getting worked up about the deadline. Paula worked up a list of topics to discuss at the meeting.
work around	encontrar el camino para resolver un problema	The servers are down for the moment but you’ll just have to work around that.

Expresiones y modismos con work

Expresiones	Significado	Ejemplo
work the system	aprovechar el sistema para obtener lo que quieres	Helen has worked the system and she’s been very successful.
in the works	actualmente siendo producido o desarrollado	There’s a new computer program in the works so that we can deal with customer enquiries.
works like a charm	cuando algo funciona perfectamente	I tried a stronger glue and it worked like a charm.
work wonders	tener un efecto muy positivo para resolver un problema	You should go out get some fresh air – it’ll work wonders for your mood.
put to work	asignar un trabajo o hacer que alguien trabaje	The manager puts me to work in the finance department.
out of work	no tener trabajo	She’s been out of work for a month now.
all in a day’s work	algo es muy rutinario y no fuera de lo común	You’re very welcome, Mrs Gray. I’m glad I could fix your pipes. All in a day’s work.
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)	alguien está trabajando duro y no tiene tiempo para jugar y disfrutar	You have been working hard. Remember, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Go out and enjoy yourself for a change.
piece of work	es difícil llevarse bien con alguien	It’s difficult to talk to her. She’s a piece of work.
dirty work	hacer un trabajo poco ético o deshonesto	My boss makes me do all the dirty work, like when he asked me to fire his secretary!
work up a sweat	poner mucho esfuerzo en algo	She wrote all the reports, made the presentation, greeted everyone before and after the session – and she barely worked up a sweat! She’s amazing!
have your work cut out for you	tener mucho trabajo por hacer para lograr una meta / objetivo	This is going to be a difficult job – you’ve got your work cut out for you.

Ejercicios sobre Trabajo en inglés: Vocabulario

1.1 Une la columna A con la columna B. Encuentra el significado del phrasal verb a través de la oración de ejemplo.

A	B
1.       work off (c)	a.       We have been up all night preparing for this proposal, and we’re glad that the boss approved it.
2.       work on (b)	b.       You have to improve or develop your communication skills.
3.       work out (e)	c.       She was so stressed with her job, so she decided to release it by exercising.
4.       work over (d)	d.       They really beat him badly. He’ll be in hospital for a few days.
5.       work through (f)	e.       Things didn’t go as they expected, but it ended nicely though.
6.       work up (a)	f.        It took him months to deal with his anger.
7.       work around (g)	g.       You have no paper and the printer has run out of ink. Don’t worry I think I’ve found a solution.

 

Elige la mejor respuesta.

1. My mother works in the government. She can have this job as long as she likes, or she can leave at retirement age. My mother has a (permanent job / temporary job). (permanent job)
2. Sheila works in a shop from 8 in the morning till noon. She has to go to university at 1 pm. She has a (part-time job / full-time job). (part-time job)
3. Daisy works in the library from 9 am till 5 pm. She has a (part-time job / full-time job). (full-time job)
4. Theodore goes to work anytime he wants. He’s free to choose his time. He works on (flexitime / part-time). (flexitime)
5. Liza works at the office from 9 am till 5 pm, but sometimes she works until 9 pm. She does a lot of (overtime / flexitime). (overtime)
6. Henry wasn’t doing well in his job so he was (fired / retired). (fired)

 

Ejercicio de comunicación sobre trabajo en inglés: Vocabulario

1. Do you have a permanent job or a temporary job?
2. Do you work full-time or part time?
3. How many jobs you have had before getting a permanent job?
4. Is it better to have a job or to have your own business?
5. How long do you plan to stay in your current job?