be careful

English

Interjection

English phrasebook

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be careful

1. Used to warn someone to proceed with caution.

Translations

proceed with caution

• Ainu: キピㇷ゚ (kipip)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小心 (siu² sam¹), 好聲, 好声 (hou² seng¹)

  Mandarin: 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn)

• Dutch: pas op (nl), kijk uit (nl), wees voorzichtig
• Faroese: ansa eftir, ansið eftir
• Finnish: ole varovainen
• French: soyez prudent (formal, to a man), soyez prudente (formal, to a woman), sois prudent (informal, to a man), sois prudente (informal, to a woman)
• Galician: teña coidado
• Georgian: ნელა ნელა (nela nela)
• German: seien Sie vorsichtig (formal), seid vorsichtig (informal, to a group), sei vorsichtig (informal, to one person), vorsichtig! (de)
• Hebrew: היזהר‎ (hizahér)

• Hindi: संभालो (sambhālo), संभालिए (sambhālie), ध्यान रखो (dhyān rakho), ध्यान रखों (dhyān rakhõ), ध्यान रखे (dhyān rakhe), ध्यान रखें (dhyān rakhẽ), ध्यान रखिए (dhyān rakhie)
• Ido: esez sorgema
• Indonesian: hati-hati (id), awas (id)
• Japanese: 注意して（ください） (ja) (ちゅういして（ください）, chūi shite (kudasai)), 気を付けて（ください） (ja) (きをつけて（ください）, ki o tsukete (kudasai))
• Javanese: ati-ati
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: tome cuidado
• Romanian: ai grijă, aveți grijă pl
• Russian: бу́дьте осторо́жны (búdʹte ostoróžny) (formal or plural), будь осторо́жен (budʹ ostoróžen) (informal, to a man), будь осторо́жна (budʹ ostoróžna) (informal, to a woman), осторо́жно! (ru) (ostoróžno!)
• Spanish: (Mexico, slang) aguas (es), ten cuidado
• Swedish: Ta det försiktigt
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• easy does it
• look out
• watch out
• tread lightly