English[edit]
look after (third-person singular simple present looks after, present participle looking after, simple past and past participle looked after)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To watch or protect; to keep safe.
- He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away.
Translations[edit]
to watch, to protect
- Arabic: اهتم (ar) (ihtámma), اعتنى (ar) (iʿtanā)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 關照 (cmn), 关照 (cmn) (guānzhào), 照顧 (cmn), 照顾 (cmn) (zhàogu)
- Dutch: verzorgen (nl), behartigen (nl), naar omkijken (nl)
- French: s'occuper de (fr), garder (fr), veiller sur (fr), soigner (fr),
- German: kümmern (de), pflegen (de)
- Japanese: 世話をする (ja) (sewa o suru), 面倒を見る (ja) (mendō o miru)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: چاو لێبوون (ku), ئاگالێبوون (ku)
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- Polish: opiekować się (pl)
- Romansch: pertgirar (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran), partgirar (rm) (Sutsilvan), perchürer (rm) (Puter, Vallader)
- Russian: заботиться (ru) (zabótit'sja), ухаживать (ru) (uxáživat'), приглядывать (ru) (prigljádyvat') impf., приглядеть (ru) (prigljadét') pf.; присматривать (ru) (prismátrivat') impf., присмотреть (ru) (prismotrét') pf., следить (ru) (sledít’) impf.
- Spanish: cuidar de (es)
- Swedish: passa (sv)
- Turkish: göz kulak olmak (tr), bakmak (tr)
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