hire

contratar, emplear

Dar trabajo a alguien y pagarle por lo que hace.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone a job and pay them for their work.

• We hired two cooks.
• The company is hiring more engineers.
• Were you hired as a full-time employee?

Cómo se usa: hire someone as something (They hired her as a manager.); hire someone to do something (We hired someone to clean the office.)

Sinónimos: employ, take on, recruit

Antónimos: fire, dismiss

Expresiones frecuentes: hire someone, hire new staff, hire a worker, hire skilled workers

alquilar, contratar

Pagar por usar algo o por los servicios de alguien durante un tiempo limitado.

En inglés sencillo: To pay to use something or someone's services for a limited time.

• We hired a car.
• You can hire bicycles near the beach.
• They hired a driver for their mountain trip.

Cómo se usa: hire something for a period (We hired a van for the weekend.); hire something from someone (She hired a bicycle from the hotel.)

Sinónimos: rent, engage

Expresiones frecuentes: hire a car, hire a boat, hire equipment

alquiler, arrendamiento

Acuerdo para usar algo durante un tiempo limitado, o el dinero que se paga por ello.

En inglés sencillo: Payment for using something for a limited time, or the arrangement to do this.

• Car hire costs extra.
• The daily hire charge includes insurance.
• We paid for the hire of two bicycles.

Sinónimos: rental, rental fee

Expresiones frecuentes: car hire, hire charge, for hire, on hire

nuevo empleado, nueva incorporación

Persona a la que se acaba de dar un trabajo remunerado.

En inglés sencillo: A person who has been given a paid job.

• Our new hire starts Monday.
• The company trained six new hires last month.
• She was the team's first hire this year.

Sinónimos: recruit, new employee

Expresiones frecuentes: new hire, recent hire, first hire

empleo, servicio

Situación de trabajar para alguien a cambio de un pago.

En inglés sencillo: The state of working for someone in return for pay.

• He had ten workers in his hire.
• She entered the merchant's hire as a cook.
• The men remained in his hire for many years.

Cómo se usa: in someone's hire (Three gardeners were in the duke's hire.)

Sinónimos: employment, service

Antónimos: unemployment

Expresiones frecuentes: in someone's hire, enter someone's hire