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Meaning of Babysitter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ

Definitions

  1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
  2. A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca dayə
Български бава́чка
Català cangur
Ελληνικά μπέιμπι σίτερ
हिन्दी आया दाई
Հայերեն դայակ
Íslenska barnapía dagmamma
ქართული ძიძა
한국어 베이비시터
Kurdî ana bona
Lietuvių auklė
Latviešu aukle
Македонски бебиситер дадилка
Bahasa Melayu pengasuh
မြန်မာဘာသာ အာယား
Português baba
Српски baba dadilja дадиља
Kiswahili mlei yaya
తెలుగు ఆయా
Tagalog yaya
Українська няня
اردو آیا دائی

Examples

“My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.”
“He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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