badante

caregiver

noun bah-DAHN-teh Rare

Also means

home carer

Usage Note

Badante refers specifically to a paid live-in or visiting carer who looks after elderly or disabled people in their home — a very common profession in contemporary Italy, often filled by foreign workers. It derives from badare ('to watch over'). The word is epicene (same form for male and female: il badante, la badante) and carries no negative connotation.

Examples

"La badante accudisce il nonno ogni giorno."

Natural Translation

The carer looks after grandpa every day.

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