cauto

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin cautus, derived from caveō (“I beware, avoid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaw.to/
  • Rhymes: -awto
  • Hyphenation: càu‧to

Adjective

cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cauti, feminine plural caute)

  1. prudent, cautious, sly
    Synonyms: accorto, attento, circospetto, guardingo, prudente
    Antonyms: arrischiato, avventato, azzardato, imprudente, incauto, inconsulto, sconsiderato
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVI, pages 245–246, lines 118–120:
      Ahi quanto cauti li uomini esser dienno ¶ presso a color che non veggion pur l'ovra, ¶ ma per entro i pensier miran col senno!
      Ah me! how very cautious men should be with those who not alone behold the act, but with their wisdom look into the thoughts!
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta, Novella III [Day Fourth, Novel three]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎[1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 115:
      La Maddalena […] per un cauto ambaſciadore gli ſignificò ſe eſſere ad ogni ſuo comandamento
      Maddalena signified to him by a prudent messenger that she was at his commandment in everything
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro, page 496, lines 50–53:
      […] infranto ¶ N'andrebbe il carro, offesi i corridori, ¶ E tu deriso e di disnor coperto. ¶ Sii dunque saggio e cauto.
      the chariot would be destroyed, the racers hurt, and you mocked and dishonoured. Be therefore wise and cautious.
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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) cautō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cautum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cautus, past participle of cavēre.[1][2] Doublet of couto.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.tu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.to/ [ˈkaʊ̯.to]

  • Hyphenation: cau‧to
  • Rhymes: -awtu

Adjective

cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cautos, feminine plural cautas)

  1. cautious
    Synonyms: cauteloso, prudente

References

  1. ^ “cauto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “cauto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cautus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkauto/ [ˈkau̯.t̪o]

Adjective

cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cautos, feminine plural cautas)

  1. cautious
    Synonym: cauteloso

Further reading

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