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4.3: Unità 4 - Vocabolario

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    L’AMBITO LAVORATIVO (the job’s landscape)

    annuncio di lavoro (l’) – job post

    borsa di studio (la) – scholarship

    busta paga (la) – payroll

    capo/a (il/la) – boss

    collega (il/la) – colleague

    colloquio (il) – interview

    commissione (la) – committee

    competenza (la) – expertise 

    contatto (il) – contact

    contratto (il) – contract

    curriculum vitae (C.V.) (il) – CV, résumé

    datore/ datrice (il/la) – employer

    dipendente (il/la) – employee

    disoccupazione (la) – unemployment

    disoccupato/a (il/la) – unemployed person

    domanda di lavoro (la) – job application

    dottorato (il) – doctorate, PhD

    esperienza (l’) – experience

    formazione (la) – education, training

    investimento (l’) – investment 

    istruzione (l’) – education

    lavoro (il) – job

    precario – temporary

    a tempo determinato – fixed-term

    a tempo indeterminato – permanent

    meritocrazia (la) – meritocracy

    occupazione (l’) – employment

    offerta di lavoro (l’) – job offer

    pensione (la) – retirement benefits

    precarietà (la) – job insecurity

    pubblicità (la) – advertisement

    qualifica (la) – title

    raccomandato/a (il/la) – person with connections

    raccomandazione (la) – intercession

    referenze (le) – recommendation 

    rimborso spese (il) – refund

    salario (il) – salary

    sindacato (il) – union

    stage (lo) – internship

    stipendio (lo) – stipend

    talento (il) – talent

    turno (il) – shift

    LE PERSONE (people)

    adolescente (l’) – teenager

    anziano/a (l) – old person, elderly person

    bambino/a (il/la) – child, kid

    bamboccione/a (il/la) – mama boy

    giovane (il/la) – young person

    infante (l’) – infant, baby

    mammone/a (il/la) – mama boy

    ventenne, trentenne, quarantenne, cinquantenne, sessantenne, settantenne, ottantenne, novantenne… (il/la) – a twenty-year old person, a thirty-year old person, etc.

    vecchio/a (il/la) – old person

    LE PROFESSIONI (professions)

    allevatore (l’) / allevatrice (l’) – breeder, farmer

    analista finanziario (l’) / analista finanziaria (l’) – financial analyst

    architetto/a (l’) – architect

    amministratore delegato (l’) – CEO

    assistente sociale (l’) – social worker

    attore (l’) / attrice (l’) – actor, actress

    autista (l’) – driver (m / f)

    avvocato/a (l’) – lawyer

    badante (il / la) – in-home nurse, caregiver (m / f)

    barbiere (il) – barber

    barista (il / la) – barista (m / f)

    cameriere/a (il / la) – waiter / waitress

    camionista (il/la) – truck driver

    casalinga (la) – housewife

    contabile (il/la) – accountant

    cuoco/a (il / la) – cook, chef

    dentista (il / la) – dentist (m / f)

    dirigente (il/la) – manager

    donna d’affari (la) / uomo d’affari (l’) – businesswoman/ businessman

    dottore (il) / dottoressa (la) – doctor

    fiorista (il/la) – florist

    fisioterapista (il/la) – physical therapist

    fruttivendolo/a (il / la) – fruit seller

    giornalista (il / la) – journalist (m / f)

    giudice (il / la) – judge (m / f)

    impiegato/a (l’) – employee, office worker

    imprenditore (l’) / imprenditrice (l’) – entrepreneur

    infermiere/a (l’) – nurse

    ingegnere/a (l’) – engineer

    insegnante (l’) – teacher (m / f)

    lavoratore agricolo (il) / lavoratrice agricola (la) – agricultural worker

    maestro/a (il/la) – elementary school teacher

    medico/a (il/la) – physician 

    ministro/a (il / la) – minister

    musicista (il / la) – musician

    operaio/a (l’) – laborer, construction worker, factory worker

    OSS (Operatore Socio Sanitario) (l’) – nurse’s aide, healthcare assistant

    parrucchiere (il) / parrucchiera (la) – hairdresser

    pasticciere (il) / pasticciera (la) – pastry chef

    pizzaiolo/a (il / la) – pizza maker

    poliziotto/a (il / la) – policeman / policewoman

    postino/a (il / la) – mailman / mail-woman

    psicologo/a (il/la) – psychologist 

    regista (il / la) – director

    ristoratore (il) / ristoratrice (la) – restaurant owner

    salumiere (il) / salumiera (la) – deli owner

    scienziato/a (lo / la) – scientist

    scrittore (lo) / scrittrice (la) – writer

    segretario/o (il / la) – assistant

    sindacalista (il / la) – union officer

    sindaco/a (il / la) – mayor

    tassista (il/la) – taxi driver

    veterinario/a (il / la) – veterinary

    LA SOCIETÀ (society)

    abilismo (l’) – ableism

    anarchia (l’) – anarchy

    autarchia (l’) – autarchy

    crisi economica (la) – economic crisis

    democrazia (la) – democracy

    disabilità (la) – disability

    discriminazione (la) – discrimination

    disuguaglianza (la) – inequality

    dittatura (la) – dictatorship

    diversità (la) – diversity

    emigrato/a (l’) – emigrant

    emigrazione (l’) – emigration

    estero (l’) – abroad

    etnia (l’) – ethnicity

    felicità (la) – happiness

    fertilità (la) – fertility

    genere (il) – gender

    globalizzazione (la) – globalization

    identità (l’) – identity

    immigrato/a (l’) – immigrant

    immigrazione (l’) – immigration

    integrazione (l’) – inclusion

    intolleranza (l’) – intolerance

    marginalizzazione (la) – marginalization

    migrante (il) – migrant

    migrazione (la) – migration

    minoranza (la) – minority

    monarchia (la) – monarchy

    mortalità (la) – mortality

    natalità (la) – natality, birthrate

    omogeneità (l’) – homogeneity

    populismo (il) – populism

    povertà (la) – poverty

    razza (la) – race

    razzismo (il) – racism

    ricchezza (la) – wealth

    riunione (la) – meeting

    rivoluzione (la) – revolution

    sessualità (la) – sexuality

    sistema totalitario (il) – totalitarian system

    società (la) – society

    stabilità (la) – stability

    sterilità (la) – sterility

    straniero/a (lo/la) – foreigner

    tolleranza (l’) – tolerance

    uguaglianza (l’) – equality

    VERBI UTILI (useful verbs)

    ammortizzare – to pay off

    assumere – to hire

    aumentare – to increase, to grow, to raise

    crescere – to grow

    divorziare – to divorce

    fare domanda  – to apply

    firmare – to sign 

    fruttare – to come to

    guadagnare – to earn

    lamentarsi – to complaint

    licenziare – to fire

    licenziarsi – to quit, to resign

    metter su famiglia – to start a family

    morire – to die

    nascere – to be born

    ottenere – to obtain, to get

    prendersi cura di – to take care of

    presentarsi – to introduce yourself

    reclamare – to claim, to require

    ridurre – to reduce

    sposarsi – to get married

    stringere (le mani) – to shake (your hands)

    superare – to pass

    sviluppare – to develop

    temere – to fear

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