aid

ayuda, auxilio

Apoyo que se presta a alguien que lo necesita o está en dificultades.

En inglés sencillo: Help given to someone who needs support or is in difficulty.

• She called for aid.
• We finished the job with his aid.
• Who came to your aid when you fell?

Cómo se usa: come to someone’s aid (A stranger came to our aid.)

Sinónimos: help, assistance

Expresiones frecuentes: come to someone’s aid, with someone’s aid, first aid

ayuda, asistencia

Dinero, alimentos o medicinas que gobiernos u organizaciones suelen dar a quienes los necesitan.

En inglés sencillo: Help such as money, food, or medicine given to people who need it, often by governments or organizations.

• The country needs food aid.
• Several governments sent aid after the storm.
• Medical aid has reached the villages.

Sinónimos: assistance, relief

Expresiones frecuentes: foreign aid, humanitarian aid, send aid

ayuda, auxiliar

Persona o cosa que facilita una tarea.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that helps you do something.

• This chart is a useful aid.
• He uses a hearing aid.
• The exercises work as memory aids.

Cómo se usa: aid to something (Pictures are a useful aid to learning.)

Sinónimos: helper, tool

Expresiones frecuentes: hearing aid, learning aid, aid to something, walking aid

ayudar, asistir

Prestar apoyo a alguien o facilitar una tarea.

En inglés sencillo: To help someone or make something easier to do.

• Exercise can aid recovery.
• Local people aided the rescue team.
• The extra money has aided our research.

Cómo se usa: aid someone in doing something (The guide aided us in finding the route.); aid in something (The new equipment aids in diagnosis.)

Sinónimos: help, assist

Antónimos: hinder

Expresiones frecuentes: aid someone, aid recovery, aid in something