pauldavidmena - 5-31-2026 at 09:07 AM
Today's Spanish word of the day from Transparent Language "criada," which was translated to "maid." Looking up "maid" on WordReference.com,
however, the translation of "criada" is considered obsolete, with expressions like "trabajadora doméstica," or just "doméstica"
more acceptable. The forum section of WordReference has an interesting discussion about the context and usage of different phrases to describe a house cleaner or other hired household help.
Here's a follow-up question: what word or phrase is used most often in Baja to describe this type of worker?
chippy - 5-31-2026 at 12:37 PM
For maid down here I've heard camarera or camarista. For house cleaner trabjadora domestica.
The only criada I've heard quite often is malcriada but nothing to do with maids.