cauto

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 118–120; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      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!
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella terza”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎[3], Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      La Maddalena, […] per un cauto ambasciadore gli significò, sé essere presta ad ogni suo comandamento
      Maddalena signified to him by a prudent messenger that she was at his commandment in everything
    • 1825, “Libro XXIII [Book 23]”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎[4], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 496, lines 450–453:
      […] 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/dishonored. Be therefore wise and cautious.
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “V. A un vincitore nel pallone”, in Canti‎[5], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 26, lines 43–46:
      […] pochi Soli
      forse fien vòlti, e le cittá latine
      abiterá la cauta volpe, e l’atro
      bosco mormorerá fra le alte mura
      perhaps only a few suns will turn, and the sly fox will inhabit Latin cities, and the dark woods’ murmuring surround the high walls

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cautō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cautum

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

  • Rhymes: -awtu
  • Hyphenation: cau‧to

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. cautious
    Synonyms: cauteloso, prudente

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References[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cautus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkauto/ [ˈkau̯.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -auto
  • Syllabification: cau‧to

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. cautious
    Synonym: cauteloso

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Further reading[edit]

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