verb🔗ShareContratar, emplearTo obtain the services of in return for fixed payment."We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."Contratamos un coche por dos semanas porque el nuestro se había averiado.jobbusinessorganizationserviceeconomyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContratar, emplearTo employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job."The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."La empresa tuvo problemas cuando intentó contratar a trabajadores más cualificados.businessjoborganizationeconomyworkhumanserviceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContratar, emplearTo exchange the services of for remuneration."They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."Se contrataron como jornaleros. Alquilaron su sótano para la semana de la inauguración.jobbusinessorganizationeconomyworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContratar, emplearTo accomplish by paying for services."After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."Después de esperar dos años a que su esposo terminara el alicatado, decidió contratar a alguien para que lo hiciera.businessjobworkeconomyserviceorganizationindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareContratar, emplearTo accept employment."They hired out as day laborers."Fueron contratados como jornaleros.jobbusinessworkeconomyorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContrataciónThe act by which an employee is hired."hirings and firings"Contrataciones y despidosjobbusinessorganizationworkeconomyservicehumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContrataciónA fair or market where servants were engaged."In 18th-century England, the annual hiring in the village square was the main opportunity for farm laborers to find work for the year. "En la Inglaterra del siglo XVIII, la contratación anual en la plaza del pueblo era la principal oportunidad para que los trabajadores agrícolas encontraran trabajo para el año.historyjobeconomybusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading