sitter

cuidador, niñera

Persona que cobra por cuidar niños, mascotas o una casa mientras faltan los padres o el dueño.

En inglés sencillo: Someone paid to look after children, pets, or a home while the owner or parent is away.

• We need a sitter tonight.
• The pet sitter fed our cats while we were away.
• Have you booked a sitter for Saturday?

Sinónimos: babysitter, carer, caretaker

Expresiones frecuentes: hire a sitter, pet sitter, house sitter, find a sitter

modelo, persona sentada

Persona que está sentada, especialmente mientras un artista la pinta o dibuja.

En inglés sencillo: A person who sits, especially while an artist paints or draws them.

• The sitter remained still.
• The artist asked her sitter to turn his head.
• Several sitters posed for the photographer that morning.

Cómo se usa: sitter for someone (She was a frequent sitter for the portrait painter.)

Sinónimos: model

Expresiones frecuentes: portrait sitter, sitter for someone, patient sitter

sala de estar, salón

Habitación de una casa donde las personas se sientan juntas y descansan.

En inglés sencillo: A room in a home where people sit together and relax.

• We had tea in the sitter.
• Their small sitter had two armchairs and a fireplace.
• The front sitter overlooked the garden.

Sinónimos: living room, sitting room, lounge

Expresiones frecuentes: cozy sitter, front sitter, in the sitter

participante en una sesión espiritista

Persona que asiste a una reunión para contactar con los muertos, sin dirigir ese contacto.

En inglés sencillo: Someone attending a meeting to contact the dead, who does not lead the contact.

• Each sitter joined the circle.
• The medium asked every sitter to remain quiet.
• One sitter believed the message came from her grandmother.

Sinónimos: participant

Expresiones frecuentes: seance sitter, quiet sitter, sitter beside someone