treballes

Treballes is the Catalan present indicative form of the verb treballar, meaning you work. It is the second-person singular form used in informal address to a single person and appears in questions, statements, and everyday speech.

In Catalan, -ar verbs follow a regular present-tense pattern. The form treballes (with the root treball-) is produced by adding the standard -es ending to the -ar verb stem. For reference, the present tense forms of treballar (in the same paradigm) include: jo treballo, ell/ella treballa, nosaltres treballem, vosaltres treballeu, ells/elles treballen. The form treballem, treballeu, and trabajen illustrate the regular conjugation with a stem that ends in -ll.

Usage and nuance: treballar denotes the act of working in a general sense, including paid employment, tasks, or activities. Treballes is commonly used in informal conversation to describe what a person is doing or does as a routine. For formal address, other forms of the present tense are used (for example, vostè treballa) to reflect politeness and distance.

Etymology and related forms: treballar derives from a Latin or Romance-language heritage common to many verbs meaning “to work.” The noun forma related to the activity is treball, meaning work or job, and it shares a common root with related verbs across Catalan and other occurences in Romance languages.

Notes: As with other Catalan verbs, correct spelling and pronunciation depend on regional varieties. The form discussed here is the standard present singular used in contemporary Catalan.