wages

salario, sueldo

Dinero que recibes por el trabajo que haces.

En inglés sencillo: Money that you receive for the work you do.

• My wages cover the rent.
• The company raised wages last year.
• Do they pay decent wages?

Sinónimos: pay, earnings

Expresiones frecuentes: earn wages, weekly wages, low wages, higher wages

ingresos, salario

Cantidad total de dinero que ganas durante un período determinado.

En inglés sencillo: The total money you earn during a particular period.

• Her weekly wages are six hundred pounds.
• He saved half his monthly wages.
• Their annual wages barely covered household expenses.

Sinónimos: earnings, income, pay

Expresiones frecuentes: weekly wages, monthly wages

castigo, consecuencias

Sufrimiento o castigo que resulta de una mala acción o situación.

En inglés sencillo: The suffering or punishment that results from a bad action or situation.

• These broken families are the wages of war.
• He called his loneliness the wages of greed.
• The story explores the wages of betrayal.

Cómo se usa: the wages of something (The ruined villages showed the wages of war.)

Sinónimos: consequences, punishment

Expresiones frecuentes: wages of sin, wages of war