sirviente

servant


Noun sirviente m or f (plural sirvientes, feminine sirvienta, feminine plural sirvientas)

  1. servant

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Examples
  • Un pájaro prudente escoge su árbol. Un sirviente sabio escoge a su amo.

    A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.

  • "Mi señora está en su recamara," dijo el sirviente.

    "My lady is in her chamber," said the servant.

  • A pesar de que soy mayor que ella, me trata como si fuera su sirviente.

    Although I am her elder, she treats me as if I were her servant.

  • Quiero contratar a un sirviente.

    I want to hire a servant.

  • El gato es un sirviente infiel que solo mantenemos por necesidad.

    A cat is an unfaithful servant which we only keep by necessity.

  • Él es el sirviente de ella, por así decirlo.

    He is, so to speak, her servant.

  • El mercado hace un buen sirviente, un mal maestro, y una terrible religión.

    Markets make a good servant, a bad master and a terrible religion.

  • La mente es un buen sirviente, pero un mal maestro.

    The mind is a good servant, but a poor master.


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