mão-de-obra

See also: mão de obra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mão de obra

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.bɾɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.bɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.bɾɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.bɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃.deˈɔ.bɾa/ [ˌmɐ̃ʊ̯̃.deˈɔ.bɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐ̃w̃ˈd‿ɔ.bɾɐ/ [ˌmɐ̃w̃ˈd‿ɔ.βɾɐ]

Noun

mão-de-obra f (plural mãos-de-obra)

1. labour, workforce (workers employed by an organisation, especially for manual labour)