What does «destajista» mean in Spanish?
- A person who works on a piecework basis, i.e., adjusting and expressing the conditions under which the work is to be done, generally for an agreed price. For example, a municipality may have pieceworkers; work parameters are previously agreed upon that indicate how many streets they must sweep during working hours for a given salary.
Examples of use in Spanish: "La municipalidad cuenta con unos 330 trabajadores que se desempeñan en calidad de destajistas, es decir que cobran según su producción".
- Small businessman who takes charge, usually secondhand, of a work to be done and executes it alone or with the help of some workers.
- Freelance journalist.