Spanish word

jornada

Pronunciation

IPA/xoɾˈnaða/

Meaning

  • feminine nounworkday

Example

Mañana tengo una jornada larga en la oficina.

Tomorrow I have a long workday at the office.

Illustration for jornada (workday)

More examples

Después de mi jornada de ocho horas, voy al gimnasio.

After my eight-hour workday, I go to the gym.

Core concept

A single day's scheduled period of work.

Common phrases

  • jornada laboral

    workday

  • jornada completa

    full-time workday

  • jornada parcial

    part-time workday

Similar words

día: Full 24-hour calendar day.
turno: Work shift covering a specific time slot for rotating staff.
día laboral: Day on which work is carried out.
horario: Set of working hours or timetable indicating start and end times.

Definition in Spanish

Tiempo de trabajo correspondiente a un día concreto; la jornada laboral que un trabajador cumple en ese día.

Word origin

From Latin diurnata (from diurnus 'of the day'), originally a medieval term for a day's span or stage that later narrowed to mean the period of work completed in one day.

Usage tips

  • Common workplace collocations are 'jornada completa' for full-time and 'media jornada' for part-time, and '¿Cómo fue tu jornada?' is a typical way to ask how someone's workday went.

Other meanings

  • working hoursnoun
  • daynoun

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