cuidado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuidado, coidado, from Latin cōgitātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈda.du/ [kuɪ̯ˈda.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈda.du/ [kuɪ̯ˈda.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈda.do/ [kuɪ̯ˈda.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kujˈda.du/ [kujˈða.ðu]

• Hyphenation: cui‧da‧do

Adjective

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. meditated, thought-out
2. planned

Interjection

cuidado

1. watch out!
2. beware!
3. be careful!

Noun

cuidado m (plural cuidados)

1. care, caution, precaution
   • 2008, Magno Constantino, Manual De Magia & Bruxaria Cigana, Clube de Autores, page 80:

     Você deve ter cuidado com falsos amigos, do tipo "amigo-urso".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. fear

Participle

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. past participle of cuidar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cuidao (eye dialect)

Etymology

Past participle of cuidar; corresponds to Latin cōgitātus.

The Philippine sense is a calque of Tagalog bahala, as in the expressions bahala ka, ako bahala, ikaw bahala, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈdado/ [kwiˈð̞a.ð̞o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: cui‧da‧do

Interjection

cuidado

1. watch out!
2. beware!
3. be careful!

Noun

cuidado m (plural cuidados)

1. care (close attention; concern)
2. care (maintenance, upkeep)
3. care (the treatment of those in need)

Derived terms

• bien cuidado
• cuidados paliativos
• cuidadoso
• de cuidado
• tener cuidado
• tener sin cuidado
• traer sin cuidado
• unidad de cuidados intensivos

Related terms

• descuido

Adjective

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. (Philippines) answerable; accountable; responsible

   yo cuidado / yo cuidao

   I'll take care of it. / I am accountable.

   tú cuidado / tú cuidao

   It's up to you. / You are responsible.

Derived terms

• él cuidado
• nosotros cuidado
• tú cuidado
• tú cuidao
• usted cuidao
• ustedes cuidao
• yo cuidado
• yo cuidao

Participle

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. past participle of cuidar

Further reading

• “cuidado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10