I am supposed to babysit the children tonight.
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Babysit
//ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt//
Synonyms for "babysit" (10 found)
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36 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- يجالس verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏰᎭ verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 代人照看孩子 verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- 照看嬰兒 /照看婴儿 verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Czech
1 entries- hlídat děti verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Danish
2 entries- babysitte verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- passe børn verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Dutch
3 entries- babysitten verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- kinderen passen verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- nauwgelet begeleiden verb (to watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely)
Esperanto
1 entries- varti verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Finnish
2 entries- olla lapsenlikkana verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- olla lapsenvahtina verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
French
2 entries- faire du baby-sitting verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- garder verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
German
1 entries- babysitten verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Hebrew
1 entries- שמרטף verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Hungarian
3 entries- bébiszittel verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- bébiszitterkedik verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- gyerekre vigyáz verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Italian
1 entries- fare da babysitter verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Japanese
1 entries- 子守する verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Korean
2 entries- 아이를 봐주다 verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- 애들을 봐주다 verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Norman
1 entries- garder verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- passe barn verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- sitte barnevakt verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Portuguese
1 entries- pajear verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Russian
3 entries- ня́ньчиться verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- ня́ньчиться verb (to watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely)
- сиде́ть с ребёнком / с детьми verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Spanish
2 entries- cuidar de los niños verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- hacer de canguro verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Swedish
1 entries- sitta barnvakt verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trông em verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
- trông trẻ verb (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Sample sentences
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They asked Kate to babysit their child.
Source: tatoeba (388868)
Tom wants Mary to babysit his children.
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Tom thinks there's a good possibility that Mary will agree to babysit the children on Friday night.
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