trabaja más rápido
/tɾabaxa mas ɾapido/from spelling rules
To say "work faster" in Spanish, use trabaja más rápido.
This phrase is a command telling someone to increase the speed at which they are performing a task.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, if you are telling a group of people to work faster, you use the plural imperative trabajad más rápido. In Latin America, or when using the formal ustedes in Spain, the plural command is trabajen más rápido.
How does it change in a sentence?
The command changes depending on whom you are addressing. Use trabaja más rápido for the informal singular (tú).
How do you pronounce it?
/tɾabaxa mas ɾapido/
Did you know?
- The word trabajar originates from the Latin tripalium, which was a three-staked instrument of torture.
- In some Latin American contexts, telling someone to work faster might involve the phrase meterle ganas, which literally means 'to put desire into it'.
- If you want to tell someone to 'work faster' by telling them to 'increase the pace', you could use the phrase sube el ritmo, which treats work like a musical tempo.
Examples in context
- ¿Podríamos aumentar un poco el ritmo de trabajo?Could we increase the work pace a bit?
- ¡Vamos, echemos más ganas para terminar antes!Come on, let's put more effort into it to finish earlier!
- Me gustaría que aceleráramos el ritmo de trabajo de cara al proyecto.I would like us to accelerate the work pace for the project.
- ¡Ponte las pilas y termina esa tarea cuanto antes!Get your act together and finish that task as soon as possible!
- Trabajemos como un rayo para cumplir con el deadline.Let's work like lightning to meet the deadline.
- ¡Trabaja más rápido o no terminaremos a tiempo!Work faster or we won't finish on time!
- ¡Trabaja más rápido o no terminaremos!Work faster or we won't finish!
- Por favor, trabaja más rápido con los archivos.Please, work faster with the files.
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are cleaning the kitchen together.
- LucíaDaniel, trabaja más rápido, por favor.Daniel, work faster, please.
- DanielEstoy haciendo lo que puedo.I am doing what I can.
- LucíaNosotros tenemos que terminar ya.We have to finish now.
- DanielEstá bien, lo haré.All right, I will.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
