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empregada — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • charwoman noun A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
  • domestic adj Relating to the home or family life.
  • employee noun A person who is paid to work for a company or another person.
  • maid noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
  • waitress noun A woman who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant or café.

Senses

empregada is used for these senses in English:

  • charwoman (chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
  • domestic A maid or household servant.
  • employee A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
  • handmaid (now, historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
  • maid A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
  • waitress A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

domestic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the home or family life.
  2. adj Occurring or made within one's own country, as opposed to abroad.
  3. noun A dispute or violent incident within a household, especially between partners.

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