Negocio

Negocio

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “negocio”.

It’s a masculine noun meaning “business” or “deal”.

The word “negocio” comes from Latin negotium meaning “lack of leisure”.

Some common phrases involving the word “negocio” include:

  • Negocio familiar – Family business
  • Montar un negocio – To start a business
  • Hacer negocios – To do business

Mi hermana abrió su propio negocio de pasteles.

My sister started her own cake business.

El negocio familiar lleva tres generaciones.

The family business has been going for three generations.

Un cambio de algoritmo de Google destruyó su negocio de la noche a la mañana.

A Google algorithm change destroyed his business overnight.

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