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Cama acompañante

English translation: visitor bed/bed for visitor


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Spanish term or phrase:Cama acompañante
English translation:visitor bed/bed for visitor
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge
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02:59 Jul 20, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Hospital bill
Spanish term or phrase: Cama acompañante
This item appears on a hospital bill for services from a hospital in Cancun.

Complete item is:

CAMA ACOMPAÑANTE HABITACION NORMAL
Michelle Wolfson
United States
Local time: 00:49
visitor bed/bed for visitor
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11visitor bed/bed for visitor
Lydia De Jorge
4 +2bed for accompanying person
GoodWords
3 +3guest bedScott Alexander
3companion bed
Anne Smith Campbell


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
visitor bed/bed for visitor


Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph Tein: 'visitor' bed sounds right because people 'visit' patients in a hospital
12 mins
  -> Thanks Joseph!
agree  xxxeloso
1 hr
  -> Thank you Oso!
agree  Egmont
4 hrs
  -> Thanks AVRVM!
agree  Carol Gullidge: yes, a bed for the patient's visitor. I don't really think of them as guests!
5 hrs
  -> I agree! Thanks Carol!
agree  franglish
5 hrs
  -> Thank you franglish!
agree  Francesca Samuel
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Francesca!
agree  Steven Huddleston
13 hrs
  -> Thank you Steven!
agree  Rita Tepper
13 hrs
  -> Thank you Rita!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: But it would have been nice for you to include some references - there are plenty on the Internet.
20 hrs
  -> Thank you Muriel.
agree  Ramon UK
22 hrs
  -> Thank you Ramon!
agree  Edmundo Chaparro-Barriguete
1 day50 mins
  -> Gracias!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cama acompañante
guest bed


Explanation:
"GUEST BED RENTAL. Order through nurses’ station A cot may be ordered for a family member of a patient who is in a private hospital room..."
http://www.integris-health.com/INTEGRIS/en-US/Specialties/P-...

"While Dana was staying with Alice in her hospital room last night, ... They had brought over all of Alice bed linens and changed the guest bed so it would ..."
http://fanfiction.l-word.com/story/12506/page1.html

"...he ended up sleeping in the ICU room on a guest bed, beside his brother..."
http://www.geocities.com/slvr_tgr99/theanuerysm.htm

"I awoke this morning on the guest "bed" at the hospital at about 6:30..."
http://www.orionrising.org/orion/archives/2004/12/



Scott Alexander
Local time: 04:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph Tein: I wouldn't have used the word 'guest' - until I saw your examples.
9 mins
agree  xxxeloso
1 hr
agree  Carla_am
3 days2 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
companion bed


Explanation:
I know it may sound very literal, but that is the way I know it for hospitals.

Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 09:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bed for accompanying person


Explanation:
The "acompañante" isn't quite the same as a visitor or guest. It is a person (usually a relative) who accompanies the hospitalized patient at all times. It's not uncommon for hospitals in Latin America to require that patients have an "acompañante".

Since this concept doesn't have a succint, fixed term in English, I usually use "accompanying person" or "person accompanying the patient" in other contexts.

GoodWords
Mexico
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Sorzano
3 hrs
agree  Robert Feuerlein
3 hrs
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Aug 3, 2008 - Changes made by Lydia De Jorge:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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