obrero calificado or cualificado

1. (f. - obrera)

noun

worker, laborer

2. (f. - obrera)

adj.

working

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obrero, -a

1.

ADJ [clase] working; [movimiento] labour antes de s, labor antes de s (EEUU)

condiciones obreras — working conditions

2.

SM / F (=empleado) worker; (=peón) labourer, laborer (EEUU)

obrero/a autónomo/a — self-employed worker

obrero/a cualificado/a — skilled worker

obrero/a escenógrafo/a — stagehand

obrero/a especializado/a — skilled worker

obrero/a portuario/a — dock worker

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I

- ra adjetivo < barrio> working-class

el movimiento obrero — the workers' movement

la clase obrera — the working class

II

- ra masculino, femenino

los obreros dejaron la arena en el jardín — the workmen left the sand in the garden

obrero de fábrica/de la construcción — factory/construction worker

- obrero calificado or cualificado

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= factory worker, worker, workman [workmen, -pl.], factory hand, proletarian, working person, industrial worker.

Ex. To overcome these, libraries should remember that aesthetic education is an essential part of the education of workers; particular attention should be paid to work with youth, factory and agricultural workers.

Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

Ex. Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.

Ex. Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.

Ex. Factory libraries were important in the development of a proletarian readership.

Ex. What can one, middle class, working person do to help (in some small way) work towards a more peaceful world?.

Ex. However, even as late as 1939, male industrial workers, skilled and unskilled, made up only 5% of the library cardholders in an ordinary sized town.

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* abeja obrera = worker bee.

* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.

* obrero de la casa = stab hand.

* obrero de la construcción = construction worker.

* obrero del cobre = coppersmith.

* obrero manual = blue collar worker.

* obrero metalúrgico = metalworker.

* obrero no manual = white collar worker.

* obrero portuario = longshoreman [longshoremen, -pl.].

* obreros = shop floor, working people.

* obrero sacador = vatman [vatmen, -pl.].

* relativo a los obreros no manuales = white collar.

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I

- ra adjetivo < barrio> working-class

el movimiento obrero — the workers' movement

la clase obrera — the working class

II

- ra masculino, femenino

los obreros dejaron la arena en el jardín — the workmen left the sand in the garden

obrero de fábrica/de la construcción — factory/construction worker

- obrero calificado or cualificado

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= factory worker, worker, workman [workmen, -pl.], factory hand, proletarian, working person, industrial worker.

Ex: To overcome these, libraries should remember that aesthetic education is an essential part of the education of workers; particular attention should be paid to work with youth, factory and agricultural workers.

Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

Ex: Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.

Ex: Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.

Ex: Factory libraries were important in the development of a proletarian readership.

Ex: What can one, middle class, working person do to help (in some small way) work towards a more peaceful world?.

Ex: However, even as late as 1939, male industrial workers, skilled and unskilled, made up only 5% of the library cardholders in an ordinary sized town.

* abeja obrera = worker bee.

* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.

* obrero de la casa = stab hand.

* obrero de la construcción = construction worker.

* obrero del cobre = coppersmith.

* obrero manual = blue collar worker.

* obrero metalúrgico = metalworker.

* obrero no manual = white collar worker.

* obrero portuario = longshoreman [longshoremen, -pl.].

* obreros = shop floor, working people.

* obrero sacador = vatman [vatmen, -pl.].

* relativo a los obreros no manuales = white collar.

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obrero¹ -ra

adjective

‹barrio› working-class

el movimiento obrero the labor movement

la clase obrera the working class

obrero² -ra

masculine, feminine

un obrero de la fábrica one of the workers from the factory

los obreros dejaron la arena en el jardín the workmen left the sand in the garden

obrero de la construcción construction o building worker

Compuestos:

● obrero autónomo

self-employed worker

● obrero calificado

( AmL) skilled worker

● obrero cualificado

( Esp) skilled worker

● obrero especializado

skilled worker

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obrero

◊ -ra adjetivo ‹ barrio› working-class;

el movimiento obrero the workers' movement;
la clase obrera the working class
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (de fábrica, industria) worker;
los obreros dejaron la arena en el jardín the workmen left the sand in the garden
obrero,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino worker
obrero cualificado, skilled worker
II adjetivo working
el movimiento obrero, the labour, US labor movement

' obrero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obrera
- oficial
- oficiala
- operaria
- operario
- casco
- construcción
- contratar
- especializado
- maestro
- operador
- rendir
- sanción
- sancionar
- sueldo
English:
builder
- cowboy
- eventual
- hand
- worker
- working
- workman
- blue
- work
- wrecker

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obrero, -a

♦ adj

1. [trabajador]

clase obrera working class;

movimiento obrero labour movement

2. Zool worker;

las abejas obreras worker bees

♦ nm,f

[en fábrica] worker; [en obra] workman, labourer

Comp

obrero Esp cualificado o Am calificado skilled worker

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obrero

I adj working

II m, obrera f worker

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obrero, -ra adj

: working

la clase obrera: the working class

obrero, -ra n

: worker, laborer

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obrero¹ adj working

la clase obrera the working class

obrero² n worker

Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

* altamente cualificado = highly skilled.

* contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.

* demasiado cualificado = overqualified.

* personal cualificado = qualified personnel.

Del verbo cualificar: ( conjugate cualificar)

cualificado es:


Multiple Entries:
cualificado    
cualificar
cualificado

cualificar ( conjugate cualificar) verbo transitivo (Esp) See Also→ calificar 2 b
cualificado,-a adjetivo qualified
cualificar verbo transitivo ➣ calificar

' cualificado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cualificada
- obrera
- obrero
- oficial
- oficiala
- trabajador
English:
qualified
- skilled
- unskilled
- qualification
- trained
- unqualified

Del verbo calificar: ( conjugate calificar)

calificado es:


Multiple Entries:
calificado    
calificar
calificado


‹ profesional› qualified
calificar ( conjugate calificar) verbo transitivo
1 calificado algo/a algn de algo ( describir) to describe sth/sb as sth;
( categorizar) to label sth/sb as sth
2 (Educ)

‹ alumno› to give a grade (AmE) o (BrE) mark to

3 (Ling) to qualify
calificar verbo transitivo
1 to describe [de, as]: lo calificó de incompetente, he called him incompetent
2 (puntuar un examen, etc) to mark, grade, give a mark: este profesor califica muy bajo, this teacher gives very low marks
' calificado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cualificado
- trabajador
English:
qualification
- skilled
- trained
- unqualified
- unskilled