trabajar
/tɾabaˈxaɾ/ · A1 · verb
to work
💼🔨 From Latin tripalium, a three-stake torture rack: work as torment
Trabajar descends from Latin tripaliare, to torture on the tripalium (tri = three, palus = stake). The same root gave English travail and travel, since journeys once meant hardship. Sound hook: trabajar ~ travail.