babysitter

BrE /ˈbæbsɪtə/ AmE /ˈbæbsɪtər/

noun en → es

1 PERSON [singular] B1

a person who looks after children when their parents are not at home or cannot look after them

niñera, cuidador de niños

  • have a babysitter

Collocations full-time babysitter · part-time babysitter

  • We're going out tonight, so we'll need to get a babysitter.

    Salimos esta noche, así que necesitaremos contratar una niñera.

2 SERVICE [singular] B1

the service of looking after children provided by a babysitter

cuidado de niños, servicio de niñera

  • pay for babysitting

Collocations babysitting service · babysitting job

  • The babysitting costs $20 an hour.

    El cuidado de niños cuesta 20 dólares la hora.