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How do you say "unemployed" in Spanish?
desempleado
In Spanish, "unemployed" is desempleado.
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Pronunciation
des-em-pleh-AH-doh. The stress falls on the second to last syllable.
Grammar notes
Noun (masculine) or adjective. Feminine form is desempleada. Regular plural: desempleados.
Example sentence
Ese hombre es desempleado.
That man is unemployed.
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How to remember desempleado
Breaking it down: des- means without, empleo means job. So desempleado is literally 'without-job'.
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Questions about desempleado
How do you say "unemployed" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "unemployed" is desempleado. It is a noun.
How is desempleado written in Spanish?
desempleado is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is desempleado used in a sentence?
Use desempleado as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Ese hombre es desempleado. (That man is unemployed.).
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