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No. 995 in Spanish

trabajan

They work.

In a sentence

  • Ellos trabajan en una oficina todo el día.

    They work in an office all day.

    Here, 'trabajan' is indicative, third person plural, present tense, meaning 'they work' in a general, habitual, or current action context.

  • ¡Qué bien trabajan los artesanos!

    How well the artisans work!

    In this sentence, 'trabajan' points to an exclamation about the quality of action performed by 'the artisans', again in the present tense, third person plural.

  • Las personas que trabajan duro suelen lograr sus metas.

    People who work hard tend to achieve their goals.

    In this example, 'trabajan' is used in a relative clause with 'que', denoting a condition or action described for the subject 'the people', in present plural.

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