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Having trouble coming up with a clear way of expressing "private tutor" (American English) in a letter to a school district in Spanish. Suggestions? (I don't want there to be any confusion as to whether I'm talking about a tutor or a legal guardian.)

¿Cómo puedo expresar el concepto de private tutor o private tutoring en español, en una carta dirigida a la escuela? La idea: es una persona que da clases particulares para regularización.

Profesor particular -- sounds promising. I'm not sure how to get from here to "tutoring."

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  • I think perhaps that "clases particulares" o "lecciones particulares" might work for tutoring, but I'm not a native speaker, so I'm not sure in the least.
    – Aprendedor
    Jul 17, 2015 at 17:53

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In Chile we say profesor particular.

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    Es igual en España: un profesor particular.
    – Blas Soriano
    Jul 11, 2015 at 18:02
  • En argentina también
    – Matias Andina
    Jul 15, 2015 at 19:48
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The literal translation is "tutor privado", but you can use "tutor particular", "profesor particular", or "maestro particular", if you want to refer to a legal guardian most common use is "tutor legal".

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In Spain I would say "profesor particular"

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Tutor(a) particular is an option but it is not the most used way, I'll prefer profesor (a) / maestro (maestra) particular but you need to check for a specific region/ country.

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