tutoring

tu·tor  (ttr, ty-)

n.

1.

a. A private instructor.

b. One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.

2. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.

3. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.

4. Law The legal guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.

v. tu·tored, tu·tor·ing, tu·tors

v.tr.

1. To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.

2. To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.

v.intr.

1. To function as a tutor.

2. To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.

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[Middle English tutour, from Old French, from Latin ttor, from ttus, variant past participle of tur, to guard.]

Translations

tutoring [ˈtjuːtərɪŋ] N → clases f particulares (in de) (remedial) → clases fpl de recuperación (in de)