Translation of unemployment – English–Spanish dictionary

unemployment

noun [ U ]
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
us
/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
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the number of people who do not have a job that provides money
desempleo, paro
Unemployment has fallen/risen again for the third consecutive month. El desempleo ha vuelto a bajar/subir por tercer mes consecutivo.
prestación por desempleo
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(Translation of unemployment from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of unemployment | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

unemployment
/ˌʌnɛmˈplɔɪmənt/
paro [ masculine, singular ] desempleo [ masculine, singular ]
Unemployment is rising. el paro va en aumento.
a high rate of unemployment una alta tasa de desempleo

(Translation of unemployment from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of unemployment

unemployment
After all, we should not educate people for unemployment, and education needs to pre-empt this.
No debemos formar gente para el desempleo, y la educación debe anticiparse a éste.
After all, we should not educate people for unemployment, and education needs to pre-empt this.
No debemos formar gente para el desempleo, y la educación debe anticiparse a éste.
It is important, moreover, to create incentives at national level, so that people should want to become micro-entrepreneurs with the help of micro-credit rather than collecting unemployment benefit.
Además, es importante generar incentivos a nivel nacional, para que las personas deseen convertirse en microemprendedores con la ayuda del microcrédito, en lugar de cobrar las prestaciones por desempleo.
It is important, moreover, to create incentives at national level, so that people should want to become micro-entrepreneurs with the help of micro-credit rather than collecting unemployment benefit.
Además, es importante generar incentivos a nivel nacional, para que las personas deseen convertirse en microemprendedores con la ayuda del microcrédito, en lugar de cobrar las prestaciones por desempleo.
Working women are not the cause of unemployment.
Las mujeres trabajadoras no son la causa del desempleo.
Working women are not the cause of unemployment.
Las mujeres trabajadoras no son la causa del desempleo.
One such solution, which we must allow to bloom, might be to concentrate on the most serious problem we have, youth unemployment.
Una de esas soluciones que debemos dejar florecer puede ser apostar por lo más grave que tenemos, esto es, el paro juvenil.
One such solution, which we must allow to bloom, might be to concentrate on the most serious problem we have, youth unemployment.
Una de esas soluciones que debemos dejar florecer puede ser apostar por lo más grave que tenemos, esto es, el paro juvenil.
I myself dream of banishing the word unemployment from our vocabulary and this is more than just rhetorical.
Personalmente, sueño con eliminar la palabra paro de nuestro vocabulario y no se trata de mera retórica.
I myself dream of banishing the word unemployment from our vocabulary and this is more than just rhetorical.
Personalmente, sueño con eliminar la palabra paro de nuestro vocabulario y no se trata de mera retórica.
It should do more for the unemployed and those threatened by unemployment who are 45 years of age and older.
Pedimos que se refuerce la ayuda a los parados y a las personas mayores de 45 años amenazadas por el paro.
It should do more for the unemployed and those threatened by unemployment who are 45 years of age and older.
Pedimos que se refuerce la ayuda a los parados y a las personas mayores de 45 años amenazadas por el paro.
One of the results of the crisis is unemployment.
Una de las consecuencias de la crisis es el desempleo.
One of the results of the crisis is unemployment.
Una de las consecuencias de la crisis es el desempleo.
It is very difficult to determine when unemployment has been brought down to 7 %.
Es muy difícil establecer en qué plazo habrá descendido el paro hasta un 7 %.
It is very difficult to determine when unemployment has been brought down to 7 %.
Es muy difícil establecer en qué plazo habrá descendido el paro hasta un 7 %.
It is not paying attention to the social consequences of the direction it wishes to take, although it admits that unemployment will get worse.
No presta atención a las consecuencias sociales de la orientación que pretende, aunque reconozca que va a agravar el desempleo.
It is not paying attention to the social consequences of the direction it wishes to take, although it admits that unemployment will get worse.
No presta atención a las consecuencias sociales de la orientación que pretende, aunque reconozca que va a agravar el desempleo.
The report says that unemployment is too high.
El informe afirma que el desempleo es demasiado elevado.
The report says that unemployment is too high.
El informe afirma que el desempleo es demasiado elevado.
Finally, it is the damaging effects of liberal policies - unemployment and attacks against public services - that are the cause of an upsurge in illiteracy.
Por último, son sin duda las consecuencias negativas de las políticas liberales - desempleo y ataques a los servicios públicos - las que provocan una recrudescencia del analfabetismo.
Finally, it is the damaging effects of liberal policies - unemployment and attacks against public services - that are the cause of an upsurge in illiteracy.
Por último, son sin duda las consecuencias negativas de las políticas liberales - desempleo y ataques a los servicios públicos - las que provocan una recrudescencia del analfabetismo.
Over time, the floods will lead to the destruction of the productive system, with unemployment and depletion of the affected lands.
Con el tiempo, las inundaciones derivarán en la destrucción del sistema productivo, algo que irá de la mano del desempleo y el agotamiento de las tierras afectadas.
Over time, the floods will lead to the destruction of the productive system, with unemployment and depletion of the affected lands.
Con el tiempo, las inundaciones derivarán en la destrucción del sistema productivo, algo que irá de la mano del desempleo y el agotamiento de las tierras afectadas.
Its success is, of course, the single currency; its failure is that we have still been unable to mop up unemployment and achieve full employment.
El éxito, claro está, es la moneda única; el fracaso es nuestra incapacidad hasta hoy de absorber el paro, de lograr el pleno empleo.
Its success is, of course, the single currency; its failure is that we have still been unable to mop up unemployment and achieve full employment.
El éxito, claro está, es la moneda única; el fracaso es nuestra incapacidad hasta hoy de absorber el paro, de lograr el pleno empleo.
We believe that they are leading to the growth of unemployment and a corresponding rise in financial speculation.
Creemos que aumenta el desempleo y a la vez correlativamente aumenta la especulación financiera.
We believe that they are leading to the growth of unemployment and a corresponding rise in financial speculation.
Creemos que aumenta el desempleo y a la vez correlativamente aumenta la especulación financiera.
This is the key to the unemployment problem.
Esta es también la clave para combatir el paro.
This is the key to the unemployment problem.
Esta es también la clave para combatir el paro.
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Translations of unemployment

in Chinese (Traditional)
失業人數, 失業率, 失業(狀態)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
失业人数, 失业率, 失业(状态)…
in Portuguese
(taxa de) desemprego, desemprego, seguro desemprego…
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बेरोजगारी…
失業者数, 失業, 失業手当…
işsizlik sayısı, işsizlik, işsizlik (oranı)…
chômage [masculine], chômage…
desocupació, atur, prestació per desocupació…
werkloosheid…
சம்பளம் பெரும் வேலை இல்லாதவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை…
बेरोज़गार लोगों की संख्या, बेरोज़गारी…
બેકારી…
arbejdsløshed…
arbetslöshet…
pengangguran…
die Arbeitslosigkeit…
arbeidsledighet [masculine], arbeidsledighet, ledighet(stall)…
بیروزگاری…
безробіття…
నిరుద్యోగం…
বেকারত্ব…
nezaměstnanost…
pengangguran…
การว่างงาน, จำนวนผู้ว่างงาน…
tình trạng thất nghiệp, số người thất nghiệp…
bezrobocie…
실업률, 실업, 실업 수당…
disoccupazione, sussidio di disoccupazione…
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