Meaning
cuidar
- (intransitive, transitive) to take care of, to care for
- (transitive) to look after, to look out for, to keep an eye on, to guard, to protect, to watch over, to watch out for (implies doing so with care)
- (transitive) to mind, to watch, to pay attention
- to babysit
- to keep, to sit on (e.g. one's house, keeping the place in order)
- (transitive) to nurse, to nurture, to tend, to tend to, to attend to (e.g. nurse back to health, to tend a garden or yard, tend to a herd or flock)
- (reflexive) to take care, to take care of, to look after, to care for (oneself)
- (reflexive) to be careful of/with, to beware, to watch out for, to be wary of (+ de)
Concepts
see al cuidado de
see tener cuidado
Synonyms
Atención
Cuidado
está caliente
buenas manos
cudiao
cuidadín
guambia
ojo alerta
asistencia médica
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cui‧da‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kwiˈdado/
Etymology
In summary
Past participle of cuidar; corresponds to Latin cōgitātus. The Philippine sense is a calque of Tagalog bahala, as in the expressions bahala ka, ako bahala, ikaw bahala, etc.
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