avustaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abet verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
- assist verb To help someone do something.
- encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
- tutor noun A person who teaches a student individually or in a small group, often privately.
Senses
avustaa is used for these senses in English:
- abet (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]
- encourage To foster, give help or patronage.
- relieve (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]
- serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
- serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
- support (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- tutor (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
abet — full definition
- verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
- verb To support or back up a good cause, opinion or action.
- verb To push someone toward doing something worthwhile.
- verb (dated) To back a prediction by putting money on it.
assist — full definition
- verb To help someone do something.
- noun In sports, a pass or action that directly leads to a teammate scoring.
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