trabajas

Trabajas is the second person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb trabajar. It is used to indicate that you work or are working, and it is the standard informal form in most Spanish-speaking regions. It can refer to a current action or a habitual activity.

In standard Spanish, the present tense forms of trabajar are: yo trabajo, tú trabajas, él/ella/Ud. trabaja, nosotros trabajamos, vosotros trabajáis, ustedes trabajan. In several dialects of Latin America and in some parts of Spain that use voseo, the second person singular present is trabajado as “trabajás” or “trabajás” with an accent, for example “vos trabajás” in Rioplatense Spanish.

Usage and context: Trabajas appears in questions such as “¿Trabajas mañana?” and in negations like “No trabajas los domingos.” It also functions in statements about ongoing or habitual activity, for example, “Tú trabajas en una oficina.” For the progressive aspect, it can combine with estar to form phrases like “estás trabajando.” Related forms include the noun trabajo (work, job) and the adjectives trabajador/a (hard-working) and trabajador.

Etymology: The verb trabajar derives from Latin tripaliare, a Vulgar Latin form meaning to torture with a rack; the sense expanded over time to include general labor and toil, yielding the modern meaning “to work.” The noun and related terms in Spanish, such as trabajo and trabajador, share this root.

See also: trabajar, trabajo, trabajador, trabajable.