enfermero

/enfeɾˈmeɾo/ · A2 · noun · m

nurse

enfermero — nurse

💉🩺 enfermo (sick) + -ero (person who works with) = one who tends the sick

From Latin infirmus: in- (not) + firmus (firm, strong), the same root as English infirm and infirmary. An enfermero is the worker of the infirm. The -ero ending marks a job, as in panadero (baker) and zapatero (shoemaker).

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