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How do you say "unemployed" in Mexican Spanish?
desempleado
In Mexican Spanish, "unemployed" is desempleado.
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Pronunciation
Pronounced des-em-pleh-AH-doh, with stress on the last syllable.
Grammar notes
Desempleado is masculine singular. The feminine form is desempleada, and plurals are desempleados (masculine/mixed) or desempleadas (feminine only).
Example sentence
Después de perder su trabajo, quedó desempleado.
After losing his job, he became unemployed.
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How to remember desempleado
The prefix des- means un- or without in Spanish, so desempleado literally means without employment.
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Questions about desempleado
How do you say "unemployed" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "unemployed" is desempleado. It is a noun.
How is desempleado written in Mexican Spanish?
desempleado is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is desempleado used in a sentence?
Use desempleado as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Después de perder su trabajo, quedó desempleado. (After losing his job, he became unemployed.).
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