empleable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish emplear

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish empleable

From emplear + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empleˈable/ [ẽm.pleˈa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: em‧ple‧a‧ble

Adjective

empleable m or f (masculine and feminine plural empleables)

1. employable

Derived terms

• empleabilidad

Further reading

• “empleable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026