Quick answer
Soy profesora.
I am a teacher. Spanish drops the article: soy profesora, never soy una profesora.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el trabajo | the job |
| el profesor | the teacher |
| el abogado | the lawyer |
| el ingeniero | the engineer |
| el camarero | the waiter |
| el cocinero | the cook |
| el fontanero | the plumber |
| el electricista | the electrician |
| el albañil | the builder |
| el dependiente | the shop assistant |
| el peluquero | the hairdresser |
| el periodista | the journalist |
| el bombero | the firefighter |
| el autónomo | the self-employed person |
| la empresa | the company |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
With professions Spanish drops the indefinite article after ser: soy médico, es abogada. The article reappears only when you add a describing word, as in es un abogado excelente. The usual opener is not ¿cuál es tu trabajo? but ¿a qué te dedicas?, which sounds far more natural. Feminine forms have shifted in the last generation: la médica, la ingeniera and la jueza are now standard in Spain, while older speakers may still say la médico. Professions in -ista never change ending, only the article: el periodista, la periodista. Being autónomo is a legal status with a fixed monthly social security fee, which is why Spaniards talk about it so often.
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