"menester" meaning in Español

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Noun

IPA: [menesˈt̪eɾ] Forms: menesteres [plural]
Rhymes: eɾ
  1. Ocupación habitual de un individuo.
    Sense id: es-menester-es-noun-tGWdoLxB
  2. Algo necesario, requerido.
    Sense id: es-menester-es-noun-J1b2nJx6
  3. Actividad, asunto.
    Sense id: es-menester-es-noun-EwoEPFze
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: mestel [masculine] (Extremeño), occupations (Francés)
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      "name": "ES:Palabras agudas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "name": "ES:Palabras trisílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:eɾ",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Sustantivos masculinos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Sustantivos regulares",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "Español",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Español-Francés",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Del latín ministerium."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "menesteres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "me",
        "nes",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "haber menester"
    },
    {
      "word": "ser menester"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ocupación habitual de un individuo."
      ],
      "id": "es-menester-es-noun-tGWdoLxB",
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Algo necesario, requerido."
      ],
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      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              53,
              63
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "María Luisa Bombal. La Última Niebla. Capítulo La Última Niebla. Página 33. Editorial: Editorial Lord Cochrane. 1987.",
          "text": "Lo sigo para llevar a cabo una infinidad de pequeños menesteres; para cumplir con una infinidad de frivolidades amenas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actividad, asunto."
      ],
      "id": "es-menester-es-noun-EwoEPFze",
      "sense_index": "3"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[menesˈt̪eɾ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "aguda",
      "raw_tags": [
        "acentuación"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "trisílaba",
      "raw_tags": [
        "longitud silábica"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "eɾ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Extremeño",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mestel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "occupations"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menester"
}
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    "ES:Palabras provenientes del latín",
    "ES:Palabras trisílabas",
    "ES:Rimas:eɾ",
    "ES:Sustantivos",
    "ES:Sustantivos masculinos",
    "ES:Sustantivos regulares",
    "Español",
    "Español-Extremeño",
    "Español-Francés"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Del latín ministerium."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "menesteres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "me",
        "nes",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "haber menester"
    },
    {
      "word": "ser menester"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ocupación habitual de un individuo."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Algo necesario, requerido."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              53,
              63
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "María Luisa Bombal. La Última Niebla. Capítulo La Última Niebla. Página 33. Editorial: Editorial Lord Cochrane. 1987.",
          "text": "Lo sigo para llevar a cabo una infinidad de pequeños menesteres; para cumplir con una infinidad de frivolidades amenas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actividad, asunto."
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[menesˈt̪eɾ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "aguda",
      "raw_tags": [
        "acentuación"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "trisílaba",
      "raw_tags": [
        "longitud silábica"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "eɾ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Extremeño",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mestel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Francés",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "occupations"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menester"
}

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