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asistente

Definitions of asistente
  1. noun
    a person who is present and participates in a meeting
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    type of:
    participante
    someone who takes part in an activity
  2. noun
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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    types:
    benefactora, bienhechora
    a woman benefactor
    avalador
    someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
    dador, donador, donante
    person who makes a gift of property
    samaritano
    a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
    humanitario
    someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
    liberador, libertador
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
    padrino, patrocinador
    someone who supports or champions something
    salvador
    a person who rescues you from harm or danger
    mentor
    a source of help and advice and encouragement
    promotor
    invests in a theatrical production
    donante de sangre
    someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
    emancipador
    someone who frees others from bondage
    padrino
    a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
    fiador, garante
    one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
    madrina
    a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
    altruista, altruísta, filántropo
    someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
    contribuyente
    someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
    type of:
    buena persona
    a person who is good to other people
  3. noun
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    synonyms: acompañante
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    types:
    persona de compañía
    one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
    botones, mozo
    someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
    dama de honor
    an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
    caddie, cadi
    an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
    cortesano, palaciego, áulico
    an attendant at the court of a sovereign
    escanciador, escanciano
    the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
    guardavidas, socorrista
    an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
    asistente de hospital
    a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    ordenanza
    a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    paje de armas, paje de lanzas
    in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
    servidor, sirviente
    someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
    escudero
    young nobleman attendant on a knight
    auxiliar de vuelo
    an attendant on an airplane
    camillero
    one who helps carry a stretcher
    padrino, padrino de boda
    the principal groomsman at a wedding
    guardia de honor
    an escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeral
    azafata
    a woman steward on an airplane
    acomodador, guía
    someone employed to conduct others
    type of:
    auxiliar, ayudante
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  4. noun
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    synonyms: criado, doméstico
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    types:
    ama de llaves, casera, gobernanta
    a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
    ama, criada
    a female domestic
    fregona
    a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
    camarera
    a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
    doncella
    a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
    type of:
    sirviente
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
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