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criado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ancillary adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
  • menial adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
  • retainer noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
  • servant noun A person employed to do household or personal work for someone else.

Senses

criado is used for these senses in English:

  • ancillary Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
  • ancillary (archaic) An auxiliary.
  • menial A servant, especially a domestic servant.
  • retainer A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
  • servant One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

ancillary — full definition

  1. adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
  2. noun A person or thing that provides support to a main activity, such as a support worker in a hospital or school.

menial — full definition

  1. adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
  2. noun A person in a servile, low-ranking role, especially a domestic servant.

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