mano de obra

Definitions of mano de obra
  1. noun
    the force of workers available
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    tripulacion
    crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
    type of:
    dotación, efectivo, plantilla
    group of people willing to obey orders
  2. noun
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    synonyms: trabajador manual
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    agricultor
    a person who tills the soil for a living
    limpiador
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    jornalero
    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    excavador
    a laborer who digs
    lavaplatos
    someone who washes dishes
    bracero, galeote, peón
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    enterrador, panteonero, sepulturero
    a person who earns a living by digging graves
    cortador
    a person who hews
    bracero, jornalero
    a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
    peón de albañil, peón de mano
    a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
    itinerante
    a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
    hachador, leñador, maderero, trabajador forestal
    a person who fells trees
    minero
    laborer who works in a mine
    acemilero, arriero, harriero, recuero
    a worker who drives mules
    obrero de ferrocarriles
    a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
    ganapán, mozo de cordel, mozo de cuerda, mozo de esquina, palanquín
    a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
    cargador, estibador
    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    fogonero
    a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    leñador
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
    demoledor, destructor
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
    mujer de la limpieza
    a human female employed to do housework
    deshollinador, limpiachimeneas
    someone who cleans soot from chimneys
    carbonero
    someone who works in a coal mine
    agricultor, granjero, labriego
    a hired hand on a farm
    buscador de oro
    a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
    cabañero, ganadero, pastor
    someone who drives a herd
    desguazador
    someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
    campesino, labrador
    one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
    explorador
    someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
    aparcero, chacarero
    small farmers and tenants
    mozo de cuadra, mozo de establo
    someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    barredero, barrendero
    a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
    limpiacristales
    someone who cleans windows for pay
    type of:
    currito, obrero
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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