cuidar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)
  2. (intransitive) to take care; to be careful
  3. (transitive) to take care (of); to dea©l (with); to handle
  4. (transitive) to mind (to concern oneself with, to pay attention to)
  5. (reflexive) to take care (be cautious, careful)
  6. (imperative,reflexive) take care (used as a farewell)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
cui‧dar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kujˈda(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuidar, from Latin cōgitāre (“to think, to consider”), from co- + agitō (“to agitate”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.

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