jornada
sustantivo femenino
| 1. | [de trabajo]
working day
jornada intensiva working day from 8 to 3 with only a short lunch break jornada laboral working day media jornada half day jornada partida typical Spanish working day from 9 to 1 and 4 to 7 jornada de reflexión day of reflection before elections when campaigning is forbidden |
| 2. | [de viaje] day's journey |
| 3. | DEP round of matches, programme |
jornadas
sustantivo femenino plural
[conferencia] conference sg
| Jornada continua |
| Spanish stores, offices and schools used to close when everyone went home to have lunch with their families, and all activity would come to a standstill. Many offices changed their timetable in the summertime to what is called the “intensive working day” or “summer timetable” and did not take a lunch break, a custom that still continues today. However, department stores and superstores have now broken ranks and stay open all day. Many companies now prefer their employees to take shorter lunch breaks, which means that, in big cities at least, they do not have time to return home for the traditional long lunch. |
