nurse

infermiere, infermiera

Persona con una formazione specifica per assistere malati o feriti.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Espressioni comuni: hospital nurse, school nurse, nurse on duty, qualified nurse

assistente, badante

Persona che si occupa di un malato o ferito, anche senza una formazione professionale.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: carer, caregiver

Espressioni comuni: act as nurse, someone’s nurse, devoted nurse

bambinaia, tata

Donna assunta per occuparsi dei bambini di un’altra famiglia.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: nanny, nursemaid

Espressioni comuni: children’s nurse, family nurse, nurse and children

balia

Donna che allatta il bambino di un’altra persona con il proprio latte.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: wet nurse

Espressioni comuni: wet nurse, hire a nurse

curare, assistere

Prendersi cura di una persona o di un animale malato o ferito.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: care for, look after, tend

Espressioni comuni: nurse someone back, nurse a patient, nurse someone through something

riguardare, curare

Proteggere e tenere a riposo una parte del corpo dolorante o ferita.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: nurse an injury, nurse a sore ankle, nurse a bad back

allattare

Nutrire un bambino con il latte del proprio seno.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: breastfeed, suckle

Espressioni comuni: nurse a baby, nurse your child, nurse at night

nutrire, covare

Continuare a pensare a un sentimento spiacevole e tenerlo dentro invece di lasciarlo andare.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: harbor, cherish

Espressioni comuni: nurse a grudge, nurse resentment, nurse bitter feelings