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desempleada

unemployed woman

noun des-em-pleh-AH-dah Rare
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Usage Note

Desempleada is the feminine form of desempleado, meaning a woman who is out of work. The masculine is desempleado, and both forms function as adjectives too (está desempleada = she is unemployed). The abstract noun for the condition is desempleo; in Spain paro is the everyday word for unemployment and jobless people.

Examples

"Lleva meses desempleada y busca trabajo."

Natural Translation

She has been unemployed for months and is looking for work.

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