Spanish word

trayectoria

Pronunciation

IPA/tɾaʝekˈtoɾja/

Meaning

  • feminine nouncareer

Example

¿Cuál es tu trayectoria profesional?

What is your professional career?

Illustration for trayectoria (career)

More examples

Su trayectoria deportiva empezó en el club local.

His sports career began at the local club.

Core concept

A plotted path of roles and changes across a career.

Common phrases

  • trayectoria profesional

    professional career

  • trayectoria educativa

    educational background

  • trayectoria deportiva

    sports career

Similar words

carrera: Represents a sustained professional or academic journey of roles, training, and advancement.
experiencia: Captures practical activities and time-on-task that produce real-world experience.
currículum: Presents a concise list of education and employment with dates for job seekers.
recorrido: Charts the course taken between a starting point and an arrival, highlighting stages.

Definition in Spanish

Camino o desarrollo que muestra los pasos, cambios y decisiones que conforman la carrera, la historia o el curso de un proyecto u objeto a través del tiempo.

Word origin

From Latin traiectus, the past participle of traicere 'to cross', originally meaning the trace of a crossing and later broadened to denote the course of a person's or project's development.

Usage tips

  • In speech trayectoria commonly appears as trayectoria profesional and is typically summarized with brief dates, role names, or pivot verbs like 'me especialicé en' to signal turning points.

Other meanings

  • pathnoun
  • trajectorynoun

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