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accudire

to care for

verb ah-koo-DEE-reh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

to look after

Usage Note

Accudire means to tend to someone who needs regular personal care, especially children, the elderly, or the sick. It is slightly more formal and tender than the everyday badare a. The verb takes avere as its auxiliary: ho accudito i bambini. It is often followed by a direct object or the pronoun a: accudire qualcuno or accudire a qualcuno.

Examples

"La nonna accudisce i nipoti ogni pomeriggio."

Natural Translation

Grandma looks after the grandchildren every afternoon.

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