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ayuda

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help

noun

ayuda
feminine noun
1. help, assistance (asistencia)
  • acudir en ayuda de alguien -> to come/go to somebody's assistance
  • nos fuiste de gran ayuda -> you were a great help to us
  • no me sirvió de mucha ayuda -> it wasn't much help to me
  • prestar ayuda -> to help, to assist
  • ayuda en carretera -> breakdown service
2. aid (económica, alimenticia)
  • ayuda al desarrollo -> development aid
  • ayuda humanitaria -> humanitarian aid
3. (limosna)
  • una ayuda, por favor -> could you spare me some change, please?

ayuda [ah-yoo’-dah]
noun
1. Help, aid, assistance, comfort; support, succour, friendship. (f)
  • Ayuda de parroquia -> chapel of ease
2. An injection, enema, or clyster. (f)
3. Syringe. (f)
4. Preventer-rope. (Nautical) (f)
  • Ayuda de costa -> a gratification paid over and above a salary, a gratuity
noun
5. Deputy or assistant of one of the high officers at court. (m)
  • Ayuda de cámara -> a valet-de-chambre, valet
  • Ayuda de cámara del rey -> groom of the bed-chamber
6. Helper, a supernumerary servant. (m)
  • Dios y ayuda -> this cannot be done but with the assistance of God
  • Ayuda de oratorio -> clergyman in an oratory who performs the office of sacristan
  • Ayuda de cocinero -> (Naut.) the cook’s shifter
  • Ayuda de dispensero -> (Naut.) the steward’s mate
  • Ayuda de virador -> (Naut.) a false preventer
  • Prestar ayuda -> to give help
  • Ayuda estatal -> state aid

"ayuda" in the Answers forum

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A: O, si. Otra vez, gracias!
Q: La tarea escribiendo ayuda...si tengan tiempo...muchas gracias.
A: One of the things that you should think about when you do writing excercises is whether or not a verb is reflexive. I used to have trouble with this too.…
Q: necesita ayuda con una palabra...
A: You can double click on any word & it will take you to the dictionario which I did. That led me to necromancia, which led me to the English word, then…
Q: Ayuda con una frase..."the line" y "may as well"
A: Do you need the translation in English or in Spanish? By the way: it is "LA corriente".
Q: necesito ayuda con usos especiales de los tiempos
A: wow! thank you so much! i actually think im starting to get this now!! GRACIAS!!
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