emplear
/empleˈaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to use
💼🔧 emplear is a cousin of employ: emPLEar, emPLOY, same start, same jobs
Both come from Latin implicare, to fold in or involve. To employ someone folds them into the work, and to employ a tool folds it into the task. An empleado is an employee, and an empleo is a job.