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"Housemaid" is a noun which is often translated as "la criada", and "chambermaid" is a noun which is often translated as "la camarera". Learn more about the difference between "housemaid" and "chambermaid" below.
housemaid(
haus
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meyd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (old-fashioned) (occupation)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
b. la mucama (F) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
The family employed two housemaids: one in the city and another in their country house.La familia empleaba dos mucamas: una en la ciudad y otra en la casa de campo.
chambermaid(
cheym
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buhr
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meyd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (old-fashioned) (occupation)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. la camarera (F)
(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 chambermaid finished cleaning the room and moved on to the next one.La camarera terminó la limpieza de la habitación y pasó a la siguiente.
