The accident was due to the negligence of the caretaker.
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Caretaker
//ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ//
Synonyms for "caretaker" (28 found)
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Related words (14)
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4 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κηδεμών noun (one who takes care of a person)
- ἐπιμελητής noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- ἐπιμελητής noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- ἐπιστάτης noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Arabic
1 entries- مُحَافِظ noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Asturian
2 entries- conserxe noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- curiador noun (one who takes care of a person)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mühafiz noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Catalan
2 entries- conserge noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- cuidador noun (one who takes care of a person)
Chamorro
1 entries- a'adahi noun (one who takes care of a person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 看守 adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- 臨時 /临时 adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- 照顧者 /照顾者 noun (one who takes care of a person)
- 看護 /看护 noun (one who takes care of a person)
Danish
3 entries- plejer noun (one who takes care of a person)
- varmemester noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- vicevært noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Dutch
1 entries- voogd noun (one who takes care of a person)
Finnish
4 entries- virkaa tekevä adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- väliaikainen adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- hoitaja noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- hoitaja noun (one who takes care of a person)
French
4 entries- gardien adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- concierge noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- gardien noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- gardien noun (one who takes care of a person)
Galician
4 entries- provisional adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- provisorio adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- coidador noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- conserxe noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
German
3 entries- Hausmeister noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- Pfleger noun (one who takes care of a person)
- Pflegerin noun (one who takes care of a person)
Greek
2 entries- επιστάτης noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- κηδεμόνας noun (one who takes care of a person)
Hungarian
4 entries- ideiglenes adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- megbízott adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- átmeneti adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- gondnok noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Ingrian
2 entries- hoitaja noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- hoitaja noun (one who takes care of a person)
Irish
4 entries- sealadach adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- airíoch noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- airíoch noun (one who takes care of a person)
- bean faire noun (one who takes care of a person)
Italian
3 entries- badante noun (one who takes care of a person)
- caposcala noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- portinaio noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Kashubian
2 entries- aùsknecht noun (one who takes care of a person)
- dozérca noun (one who takes care of a person)
Macedonian
3 entries- на́стојник noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- негува́телка noun (one who takes care of a person)
- ста́рател noun (one who takes care of a person)
Māori
1 entries- kaitiaki adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
Navajo
1 entries- yaaʼáhályání noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vaktmester noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vaktmeister noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Polish
4 entries- doraźny adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- tymczasowy adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- w zastępstwie adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- dozorca noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Portuguese
2 entries- cuidador noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- responsável noun (one who takes care of a person)
Romagnol
1 entries- abadânt noun (one who takes care of a person)
Romanian
4 entries- interimar adj (temporary, on a short term basis)
- gardian noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- paznic noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- portar noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Russian
4 entries- медсестра́ noun (one who takes care of a person)
- ня́нька noun (one who takes care of a person)
- ня́ня noun (one who takes care of a person)
- сиде́лка noun (one who takes care of a person)
Spanish
3 entries- conserje noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- cuidador noun (one who takes care of a person)
- portero noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
Swedish
2 entries- vaktmästare noun (one who takes care of a place or thing)
- vårdnadshavare noun (one who takes care of a person)
Unami
2 entries- kenahkihèt noun (one who takes care of a person)
- kèhkenahkihès noun (one who takes care of a person)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I hear some guy, presumably a caretaker, going "Rawr, I'm going to eat you!" from the nursery school across the street.
Source: tatoeba (1528003)
I am the caretaker of this child, and they are my care-receiver.
Source: tatoeba (2745602)
The old woman authorized her caretaker to manage her credit cards.
Source: tatoeba (4335175)
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