cautela

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See also: cautēla and cautelá

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cautēla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cautela f (plural cauteles)

  1. caution, care
    Synonym: cura
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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: cau‧tè‧la

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin cautēla (caution).

Noun

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cautela f (plural cautele)

  1. caution, care
    Synonym: prudenza
  2. precaution

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cautela

  1. inflection of cautelare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • cautela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From caveō (beware) +‎ -ēla.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cautēla f (genitive cautēlae); first declension

  1. caution

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cautēla cautēlae
Genitive cautēlae cautēlārum
Dative cautēlae cautēlīs
Accusative cautēlam cautēlās
Ablative cautēlā cautēlīs
Vocative cautēla cautēlae

Descendants

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References

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  • cautela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cautela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cautela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 51.

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin cautēla (caution).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.lɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈtɛ.lɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.la/ [kaʊ̯ˈtɛ.la]

Noun

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cautela f (plural cautelas)

  1. caution (careful attention, prudence)
    Synonyms: cuidado, caução
  2. share (in a lottery)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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cautela

  1. inflection of cautelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kauˈtela/ [kau̯ˈt̪e.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: cau‧te‧la

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish cabtela, borrowed from Latin cautēla (caution).

Noun

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cautela f (plural cautelas)

  1. caution, care, caginess, chariness
  2. precaution
    Synonym: precaución
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cautela

  1. inflection of cautelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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