English Alternative forms Etymology From Middle English careful Old English carful care -ful
Pronunciation Adjective careful (comparative more careful , superlative most careful )
Taking care; attentive to potential danger , error or harm ; cautious .
He was a slow and careful driver.
Conscientious and painstaking ; meticulous .
They made a careful search of the crime scene. ( obsolete ) care or grief ; sorrowful , sad .( obsolete ) cares or anxiety ; worried , troubled .
1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , III.1:
Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile. Synonyms Antonyms Derived terms Translations cautious
Arabic: حَذِر (ar) ( ḥaḏir )
Belarusian: асцяро́жны ( ascjaróžny ) , пі́льны ( pílʹny ) , ува́жлівы ( uvážlivy ) , акура́тны ( akurátny )
Bengali: সতর্ক ( sôtôrkô ) , সাবধান ( śabodhan )
Bulgarian: грижли́в (bg) ( grižlív ) , внима́телен (bg) ( vnimátelen )
Catalan: cautelós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 當心 ／ 当心 (zh) ( dāngxīn ) , 当心 (zh) ( dāngxīn ) , 小心 (zh) ( xiǎoxīn )
Crimean Tatar: saqt ol , muqayt ol
Czech: opatrný (cs) m
Danish: forsigtig
Dutch: voorzichtig (nl) , behoedzaam (nl) , omzichtig (nl) , prudent (nl)
Esperanto: zorga zorgema
Estonian: ettevaatlik tähelepanelik
Faroese: varin ansin varur hyggin gáin
Finnish: varovainen (fi)
French: prudent (fr) m prudente (fr) f
Galician: cauto m
Georgian: ყურადღებიანი ( q̇uradɣebiani )
German: vorsichtig (de) , behutsam (de)
Greek: προσεκτικός (el) m ( prosektikós )
Ancient: ἐπιμελής ( epimelḗs )
Gujarati: સાવધાન ( sāvdhān )
Hebrew: זהיר m ( zahyr ) , זהירה (he) f ( zehira )
Hindi: सावधान (hi) ( sāvdhān ) , सतर्क (hi) ( satark )
Hungarian: óvatos (hu)
Irish: aireach
Italian: prudente (it) , cauto (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 思慮深い ( しりょぶかい, shoribukai )
Korean: 조심하다 (ko) ( josimhada ) , 신중하다 (ko) ( sinjunghada )
Latin: curiosus cautus (la)
Latvian: rūpīgs uzmanīgs
Macedonian: внимателен ( vnimatelen )
Marathi: सावध ( sāvadh )
Neapolitan: accuorto
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsiktig
Old English: carful
Polish: ostrożny (pl)
Portuguese: cauteloso (pt) m cautelosa (pt) f cuidadoso (pt) m cuidadosa f prudente (pt) m
Romanian: precaut (ro) m prudent (ro) m atent (ro) , îngrijit (ro) , grijuliu (ro)
Russian: осторо́жный (ru) ( ostoróžnyj ) , внима́тельный (ru) ( vnimátelʹnyj ) ( attentive ) , аккура́тный (ru) ( akkurátnyj )
Sanskrit: सावधान (sa) ( sāvadhāna ) , सतर्क (sa) ( satarka )
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏пре̄зан
Roman: ȍprēzan (sh)
Slovak: opatrný
Slovene: skrben (sl)
Spanish: cauto (es) , cuidadoso (es)
Swedish: försiktig (sv)
Tagalog: maingat
Turkish: dikkatli (tr)
Ukrainian: обере́жний ( oberéžnyj ) , акура́тний (uk) ( akurátnyj ) , ува́жний (uk) ( uvážnyj )
Urdu: ساودھان ( sāvdhān ) , سترک ( satark )
meticulous
Arabic: دَقِيق (ar) ( daqīq )
Bulgarian: старателен (bg) ( staratelen ) , акуратен (bg) ( akuraten )
Catalan: curós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過細 ／ 过细 (zh) ( guòxì ) , 过细 (zh) ( guòxì ) , 細緻 ／ 细致 (zh) ( xìzhì ) , 细致 (zh) ( xìzhì )
Czech: pečlivý (cs) m
Dutch: zorgvuldig (nl) , grondig (nl) , doortastend (nl)
Finnish: huolellinen (fi)
French: soigneux (fr) m soigneuse (fr) f attentif (fr)
German: sorgfältig (de)
Greek: επιμελής (el) m ( epimelís )
Irish: curamach
Italian: accurato (it) , attento (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 注意深い (ja) ( ちゅういぶかい, chūibukai )
Korean: 주의 깊은 ( juuigipeun )
Latin: meticulosus diligens m
Latvian: rūpīgs uzmanīgs
Norman: souongneux
Polish: drobiazgowy (pl)
Portuguese: cuidadoso (pt) m cuidadosa f meticuloso (pt) m meticulosa f
Russian: тща́тельный (ru) ( tščátelʹnyj ) , аккура́тный (ru) ( akkurátnyj ) , стара́тельный (ru) ( starátelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: брѝжљив бри̏жан по̀мњив
Roman: brìžljiv (sh) , brȉžan (sh) , pòmnjiv (sh)
Slovak: starostlivý
Spanish: cuidadoso (es)
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