laborable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin laborabilis. By surface analysis, laborar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [lə.βuˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lə.boˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [la.boˈɾa.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [la.βoˈɾab.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

laborable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laborables)

1. working
2. workable
3. (agriculture) tillable, arable

   Synonym: cultivable

Derived terms

• dia laborable

Further reading

• “laborable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “laborable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “laborable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “laborable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laboˈɾable/ [la.β̞oˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: la‧bo‧ra‧ble

Adjective

laborable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laborables)

1. working

   un día laborable ― a workday

2. plowable

Further reading

• “laborable”, 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