Empleyado

employeenoun

Alternative meanings

employee
hired worker
person who works for a company or institution
staff member
salaried worker

Pronunciation

em-ple-YAH-doh

Root and affixes

Borrowed from Spanish “empleado,” adapted as empleyado in Cebuano.

Variants or conjugations

empleyado = employee
empleyada = female employee, gendered variant influenced by Spanish
trabahador = worker
mamumuo = worker/laborer
empleyo = employment/job

Related words and expressions

trabaho = work/job
opisina = office
kompanya = company
amo = boss/employer
sweldo = salary/wage
trabahador = worker
mamumuo = worker/laborer

Meaning and usage notes

Use empleyado for a person hired by or working within an organization. For “worker” in a broader sense, trabahador or mamumuo may also be used. For government employee, empleyado sa gobyerno can be used.