What does labor in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word labor in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use labor in Spanish.

The word labor in Spanish means work, labor, sewing, needlework, embroidery, labor, humanitarian work, not feel like. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word labor

work

nombre femenino (trabajo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Resolví los problemas de la empresa. Mi labor aquí ha terminado.
I solved the business' problems. My work here is done.

labor

nombre femenino (trabajo en el campo) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Disminuyó la labor agrícola debido a la sequía.
Agricultural labour decreased due to the drought.

sewing, needlework

nombre femenino (pieza que se teje o cose)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No tengo lana para acabar esta labor.
I don't have fleece to finish the sewing (or: needlework).

embroidery

nombre femenino (pieza de tela decorada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Admira la exquisitez de esta labor.
Admire the excellence of this embroidery.

labor

(proceso de parir) (US, childbirth)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La madre primeriza estuvo cuatro horas en labor de parto.

humanitarian work

locución nominal femenina (voluntariado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Jorge es parte de un proyecto de labor humanitaria.

not feel like

(informal (no estar dispuesto a)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No estoy por la labor de hacer lo que me pides.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Juan declined the party invitation because he is sick and does not feel up for it.

Let's learn Spanish

So now that you know more about the meaning of labor in Spanish, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Spanish.

Do you know about Spanish

Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.