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empleada

female employee; maid

noun em-pleh-AH-dah Rare
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Usage Note

Empleada is the feminine form of empleado (employee). In many Latin American countries it commonly refers specifically to a domestic worker or housekeeper — empleada doméstica or simply la empleada. In Spain the neutral term trabajadora del hogar is increasingly preferred in formal contexts.

Examples

"La empleada llegó temprano al trabajo."

Natural Translation

The employee arrived early to work.

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