cuidar
Meaning
- (transitive) to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)
- (intransitive) to take care; to be careful
- (transitive) to take care (of); to dea©l (with); to handle
- (transitive) to mind (to concern oneself with, to pay attention to)
- (reflexive) to take care (be cautious, careful)
- (imperative,reflexive) take care (used as a farewell)
Frequency
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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