colaborar

/kolaboˈɾaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to collaborate

🤝 co- (together) + labor (work) = colaborar, to work together

Colaborar comes from Latin com- (with, together) plus laborare (to work). The Spanish word labor means work, so colaborar literally means to labor together. English collaborate shares the same roots.

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