cuidar
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan cuidar, from Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō. Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cuidar (first-person singular present cuido, past participle cuidat)
- to care for, to take care of
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | cuidar | ||||||
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present participle | cuidant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cuidat | cuidada | |||||
plural | cuidats | cuidades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cuido | cuides | cuida | cuidem | cuideu | cuiden | |
imperfect | cuidava | cuidaves | cuidava | cuidàvem | cuidàveu | cuidaven | |
future | cuidaré | cuidaràs | cuidarà | cuidarem | cuidareu | cuidaran | |
preterite | cuidí | cuidares | cuidà | cuidàrem | cuidàreu | cuidaren | |
conditional | cuidaria | cuidaries | cuidaria | cuidaríem | cuidaríeu | cuidarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cuidi | cuidis | cuidi | cuidem | cuideu | cuidin | |
imperfect | cuidés | cuidessis | cuidés | cuidéssim | cuidéssiu | cuidessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | cuida | cuidi | cuidem | cuideu | cuidin |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cuidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cuidar
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cuydar (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese cuidar, from Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō (“I think, consider”), from co- + agitō (“I agitate”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuj.daɾ/, /kuj.ðaɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuj.ˈda(ʁ)/, [kʊɪ̯.ˈd̪ä(χ)]
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /kuj.ˈda(ɾ)/, /kuj.ˈda(ɹ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /kuj.ˈda(ɾ)/, /kuj.ˈda(ɻ)/
Verb[edit]
cuidar (first-person singular present indicative cuido, past participle cuidado)
- (transitive, followed by de) to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)
- A babá cuida das crianças. ― The babysitter tends the children.
- (intransitive) to take care; to be careful
- Derrubaste o prato porque não cuidas. ― You dropped the plate because you weren't careful.
- (transitive, followed by de) to take care (of); to deal (with); to handle
- Não te preocupes, cuidarei deste problema. ― Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this problem.
- (transitive, followed by de) to mind (to concern oneself with, to pay attention to)
- Cuida da tua vida! ― Mind your own business! (literally, “Mind your life!”)
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of cuidar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of cuidar
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of cuidar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of cuidar
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish coidar, from Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō (“to think”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing; thereby, cognate with English cogitate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cuidar (first-person singular present cuido, first-person singular preterite cuidé, past participle cuidado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to take care of, to care for
- A usted le sugiero que cuide a sus propios niños, y yo voy a preocuparme de los míos.
- I suggest that you care for your own children and I'll worry about mine.
- (transitive) to look after, to look out for, to keep an eye on, to guard, to protect, to watch over, to watch out for (implies doing so with care)
- Por favor, cuida de mi hija después de que haya muerto. ― Please, look out for my daughter after I'm gone.
- El perro fiel siempre cuida la casa. ― The loyal dog always guards the house.
- (transitive) to mind, to watch, to pay attention
- Por favor cuide su lengua, ¿de acuerdo? ― Please watch your tongue, all right?
- Creo que debes cuidar tus modales, muchacho. ― I think you should mind your manners, boy.
- to babysit
- to keep, to sit on (e.g. one's house, keeping the place in order)
- (transitive) to nurse, to nurture, to tend, to tend to, to attend to (e.g. nurse back to health, to tend a garden or yard, tend to a herd or flock)
- (reflexive) to take care, to take care of, to look after, to care for (oneself)
- (reflexive) to be careful of/with, to beware, to watch out for, to be wary of (+ de)
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | cuidar | ||||||
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gerund | cuidando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cuidado | cuidada | |||||
plural | cuidados | cuidadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cuido | cuidastú cuidásvos |
cuida | cuidamos | cuidáis | cuidan | |
imperfect | cuidaba | cuidabas | cuidaba | cuidábamos | cuidabais | cuidaban | |
preterite | cuidé | cuidaste | cuidó | cuidamos | cuidasteis | cuidaron | |
future | cuidaré | cuidarás | cuidará | cuidaremos | cuidaréis | cuidarán | |
conditional | cuidaría | cuidarías | cuidaría | cuidaríamos | cuidaríais | cuidarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cuide | cuidestú cuidésvos2 |
cuide | cuidemos | cuidéis | cuiden | |
imperfect (ra) |
cuidara | cuidaras | cuidara | cuidáramos | cuidarais | cuidaran | |
imperfect (se) |
cuidase | cuidases | cuidase | cuidásemos | cuidaseis | cuidasen | |
future1 | cuidare | cuidares | cuidare | cuidáremos | cuidareis | cuidaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cuidatú cuidávos |
cuide | cuidemos | cuidad | cuiden | ||
negative | no cuides | no cuide | no cuidemos | no cuidéis | no cuiden |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Usage notes[edit]
Cuidar does not require the preposition de to signify "take care of" unlike English (which requires "of"). Both cuidar and cuidar de mean to "take care of". In other words, cuidar can be used both transitively and intransitively.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Catalan terms inherited from Old Occitan
- Catalan terms derived from Old Occitan
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan doublets
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Old Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Old Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Occitan lemmas
- Old Occitan verbs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese transitive verbs
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese intransitive verbs
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish transitive verbs
- Spanish intransitive verbs
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- Spanish reflexive verbs
- es:Thinking