nurse

enfermero, enfermera

Persona con formación profesional para atender a enfermos o heridos.

En inglés sencillo: A trained person who looks after people who are ill or injured.

• The nurse checked my temperature.
• Two nurses helped him into bed.
• Is there a nurse on duty tonight?

Expresiones frecuentes: hospital nurse, school nurse, nurse on duty, qualified nurse

cuidador, cuidadora

Persona que atiende a un enfermo o herido, tenga o no formación profesional.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who looks after an ill or injured person, whether trained or not.

• My sister was my nurse at home.
• He became his wife’s nurse during her illness.
• Our neighbor acted as nurse while I recovered from surgery.

Sinónimos: carer, caregiver

Expresiones frecuentes: act as nurse, someone’s nurse, devoted nurse

niñera

Mujer contratada para cuidar a los niños de otra familia.

En inglés sencillo: A woman employed to look after another family’s children.

• The nurse put the children to bed.
• Their nurse took them out each morning.
• A wealthy family employed her as a nurse for their baby.

Sinónimos: nanny, nursemaid

Expresiones frecuentes: children’s nurse, family nurse, nurse and children

nodriza

Mujer que alimenta al bebé de otra persona con la leche de sus propios pechos.

En inglés sencillo: A woman who feeds another person’s baby with milk from her own breasts.

• The baby was fed by a wet nurse.
• They hired a nurse when the mother could not feed her child.
• The nurse fed both her own infant and the family’s baby.

Sinónimos: wet nurse

Expresiones frecuentes: wet nurse, hire a nurse

cuidar

Atender a una persona o un animal que está enfermo o herido.

En inglés sencillo: To look after someone or an animal that is ill or injured.

• She nursed her sick father.
• We nursed the injured bird back to health.
• He stayed home to nurse his wife through her illness.

Cómo se usa: nurse someone back to health (They nursed the injured dog back to health.); nurse someone through something (Her mother nursed her through a long illness.)

Sinónimos: care for, look after, tend

Expresiones frecuentes: nurse someone back, nurse a patient, nurse someone through something

cuidar

Proteger y dejar descansar una parte del cuerpo que duele o está lesionada.

En inglés sencillo: To protect and rest a painful or injured part of your body.

• He is nursing a sore knee.
• She stayed home to nurse her injured ankle.
• Several players are still nursing injuries from the last match.

Expresiones frecuentes: nurse an injury, nurse a sore ankle, nurse a bad back

amamantar, dar el pecho

Alimentar a un bebé dándole leche de los propios pechos.

En inglés sencillo: To feed a baby with milk from your breasts.

• She nurses her baby every morning.
• The mother sat down to nurse.
• How often does your newborn need to nurse?

Sinónimos: breastfeed, suckle

Expresiones frecuentes: nurse a baby, nurse your child, nurse at night

albergar, guardar

Seguir pensando en un sentimiento desagradable y conservarlo en vez de dejarlo atrás.

En inglés sencillo: To keep thinking about an unpleasant feeling instead of letting it go.

• He still nurses a grudge.
• She nursed her resentment for years.
• They quietly nursed their anger after the unfair decision.

Sinónimos: harbor, cherish

Expresiones frecuentes: nurse a grudge, nurse resentment, nurse bitter feelings