cuidar hasta que se recupere
/kwidaɾ asta ke se ɾekupeɾe/from spelling rules
To nurse back to health in Spanish is cuidar hasta que se recupere.
This phrase is used to describe the act of taking care of a sick or injured person until they have regained their health.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is a literal construction meaning 'to care [until] that he/she recovers'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form of the verb at the end of the phrase must change depending on who is recovering. If you are talking about multiple people, use cuidar hasta que se recuperen to indicate the plural. If you are talking about yourself nursing yourself back to health, you must change the reflexive pronoun and verb to match the subject, such as cuidar hasta que me recupere for 'I'.
Did you know?
- Spanish uses a reflexive structure se recupere to describe health returning, implying the body recovers itself rather than being recovered by the nurse.
- The word hasta may have been borrowed from the Arabic word ḥattā, meaning 'until'.
- In Spanish, the act of caring for someone cuidar is conceptually linked to the idea of 'concern' or 'worry'.
Examples in context
- La enfermera cuidó y sanó al paciente hasta su completa recuperación.The nurse cared for and healed the patient until their complete recovery.
- El terapeuta asistió en la recuperación del deportista después de la lesión.The therapist assisted in nursing the athlete back to health after the injury.
- Ella va a cuidar hasta que se recupere de la cirugía.She is going to nurse him back to health from the surgery.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cuidar, hasta, que, se, CC BY-SA 4.0.
