treballen

Treballen is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Catalan verb treballar, meaning “to work.” It translates as “they work” and is used with plural subjects such as ellos/elles or with the subject omitted when understood from context.

Etymology and related forms: Treballar comes from the noun treball (work) and the -ar infinitive ending. The word procedimento mirrors other Romance languages with terms for work, such as Spanish trabajar or trabajo and French travailler/travail, all sharing a common Latin root. The form treballen/treballen is the standard present-tense ending for the third-person plural in Catalan.

Usage: In ordinary Catalan, the present tense of -ar verbs yields a 3rd-person plural form to express ongoing work by multiple subjects. Example sentences include: Ells treballen en una empresa. Els estudiants treballen en projectes de recerca. These constructions show how treballar, its present tense, and the form treballen are used in everyday speech.

See also: Treball (noun), Treballar (verb), Catalan grammar, Verb conjugation.

Note: Treballen is specifically the plural form; the verb’s other present-tense forms include jo treballo, tu treballes, ell/ella treballa, nosaltres treballem, i vosaltres treballeu, with examples illustrating typical usage in various subjects.