italiano · A2 · vocabulary · 4 minutes

Work and the office

Connect meetings, teams, deadlines, reports, and clients.

Understand the choice

Work vocabulary becomes useful through workflow: discuss a compito in a riunione, respect a scadenza, write a rapporto, and send it to a cliente or gruppo.

Core rule: Mandare takes a direct item and a + recipient; rispettare una scadenza and svolgere un compito are common pairings.

Notice it in context

Dopo la riunione mando il rapporto al gruppo.

After the meeting I send the report to the team.

Dopo la riunione sets time; rapporto is direct object; al gruppo is recipient.

La scadenza di questo compito è venerdì.

The deadline for this task is Friday.

Scadenza and compito define the due date.

Nel lavoro da casa parlo ogni giorno con colleghi e clienti.

When working from home I speak daily with colleagues and clients.

Lavoro da casa frames the setting; colleghi and clienti are partners.

What to remember

  • Collega has the same singular form for a male or female colleague; articles distinguish it.
  • Rapporto can be report or relationship; relazione overlaps both in different contexts.

Common trap: Do not translate attend a meeting with attendere; partecipare a una riunione means attend.

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