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"Familiar" is an adjective which is often translated as "familiar", and "tutor" is a noun which is often translated as "el tutor". Learn more about the difference between "familiar" and "tutor" below.
familiar(
fuh
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mihl
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yuhr
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (known)
2. (common)
a. común
Although the tomato is a familiar food in Italian cooking, it is native to the Americas.Aunque el tomate es un alimento común en la cocina italiana, es originario de las Américas.
3. (informed)
a. familiarizado
I can read Russian, but I'm not very familiar with Russian poetry.Puedo leer ruso, pero no estoy muy familiarizado con la poesía rusa.
4. (intimate)
a. informal
Juana and her brother have so many inside jokes that I don't understand their familiar conversations.Juana y su hermano tienen tantas bromas privadas que no entiendo sus conversaciones informales.
b. de confianza
The politicians are on familiar terms, despite having such different views.Los políticos tienen una relación de confianza, a pesar de tener opinones tan distintas.
a. confianzudo
My grandmother doesn't like my friends' familiar behavior towards their elders.A mi abuela no le gusta el comportamiento confianzudo de mis amigos hacia sus mayores.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
He got too familiar with his employees and they stopped respecting his authority.Se tomó demasiadas confianzas con los empleados y dejaron de respetar su autoridad.
Juan got too familiar with the waitress and she responded with a glare.Juan se portó descaradamente con la mesera y ella le echó una mirada rayada.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el espíritu familiar (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
They say that a witch lived in this house and that she had a familiar that took the form of a black cat.Se dice que una bruja vivía en esta casa y que tenía un espíritu familiar en forma de gato negro.
tutor(
tu
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duhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el tutor (M), la tutora (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The tutor we hired to help Ricky with his reading is excellent.La tutora que contratamos para ayudar a Ricky con su lectura es excelente.
b. el profesor particular, la profesora particular
Jenny hired a tutor to help her with her English class.Jenny contrató a un profesor particular para ayudarla con su clase de inglés.
a. el tutor (M), la tutora (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It's a great honor to be appointed a tutor at Cambridge.Es un gran honor ser nombrado tutor de Cambridge.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. dar clases particulares
Angie is earning some extra money tutoring some students in physics.Angie está ganando un dinero extra dándoles clases particulares en ciencias físicas a algunos estudiantes.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (to teach)
a. dar clases particulares
If I didn't tutor on the weekends, I wouldn't earn enough money to make ends meet.SI no diera clases particulares durante los fines de semana, no ganaría suficiente dinero para llegar a fin de mes.
