auxiliar
auxiliary
adjective owk-see-LYAHR Rare
Origin: Latin auxiliaris (helping)
Also means
assistant
Usage Note
Auxiliar is both an adjective (verbo auxiliar = auxiliary verb) and a noun referring to a support worker (auxiliar de enfermería = nursing assistant, auxiliar de vuelo = flight attendant). It does not change for gender: el auxiliar / la auxiliar. In grammar, the auxiliaries haber and ser form compound tenses.
Examples
"El verbo haber es un auxiliar en español."
Natural Translation
The verb haber is an auxiliary in Spanish.
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