Lesson 8.1.2 · Trabajo y Profesiones
💼 Work & Professions
Within minutes of meeting someone in Colombia, you'll be asked '¿En qué trabaja?' Have your answer ready, and learn the names of the professions you'll meet around town — from the panadero on the corner to the veterinario who saves your dog.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
Asking About Work
'¿A qué se dedica?' is a polished, polite version of '¿En qué trabaja?' Both are friendly conversation-starters, not interrogation.
What do you do for a living?
Where do you work?
work / job
to work
Common Professions
Most professions have a male and female form. Pick the one that fits the person you're talking about.
nurse
psychologist
hairdresser
receptionist
baker
veterinarian
Farms, Bakeries & Country Life
'Finca' is the universal Colombian word for any country property — from a one-room weekend escape to a sprawling coffee estate. Most middle-class families either have one or visit one.
farmer
farmers
farm
bakery
newspaper
Example sentences
Mi tío es panadero y tiene una panadería en el pueblo.
My uncle is a baker and has a bakery in town.
Los campesinos trabajan en la finca todos los días.
The farmers work on the farm every day.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
receptionist
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
farm
el panadero / la panadera
What do you do for a living?
trabajar
el periódico
el veterinario / la veterinaria
Fill the blank
Mi tío es panadero y tiene una _____ en el pueblo.
My uncle is a baker and has a bakery in town.
Fill the blank
Los _____ trabajan en la finca todos los días.
The farmers work on the farm every day.
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