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English words, with meanings in Nepali. नेपाली

ENGLISH → NEPALI

babysit

/beɪbisɪt/verb
01
verb

कुनै पनि कुरा वा व्यक्तिको आवश्यकताभन्दा बढी नजिकबाट निगरानी वा हेरचाह गर्नु; धेरै मद्दत वा फकाउनु पर्नु।

To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.

In a sentence

He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.

उसले मलाई नयाँ मान्छेको हेरचाह गर्न छोडिदियो, उता उसले केही काम सक्ने बेला।

A note on usage

informal; transitive

02
verb

सामान्यतया हस्तक्षेप नगरी कुनै वस्तु वा प्रक्रियाको निगरानी गर्नु, जस्तै आपत् परेमा सतर्कताका रूपमा।

To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.

In a sentence

The reaction takes several hours, so we leave a graduate student to babysit it.

प्रतिक्रियामा धेरै घण्टा लाग्छ, त्यसैले हामी एक स्नातक विद्यार्थीलाई त्यसको निगरानी गर्न छोड्छौं।

A note on usage

informal; transitive

03
verb

केही समयका लागि अरू कसैको बच्चाको हेरचाह गर्नु, प्रायः पैसाका लागि।

To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

In a sentence

We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.

नाटकघर जाने बेला हाम्रा बच्चाहरूको हेरचाह गर्न हामीलाई कोही चाहिन्छ।

A note on usage

ambitransitive