English
Pronunciation
Verb
look after third-person singular simple present looks after present participle looking after simple past and past participle looked after
( transitive ) watch or protect ; to keep safe.
He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away. ( transitive , archaic ) expect .
Bible, Luke xxi. 26
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. ( transitive , archaic ) seek or search for.
(Can we date this quote by Woodward and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
My subject does not oblige me to look after the water, or point forth the place where to it is now retreated. 1893 A Woman of No Importance :If they are not married, they should be looking after a wife.
Derived terms
Translations
to watch, to protect
Arabic: اِهْتَمَّ ( ihtamma ) , اِعْتَنَى ( iʕtanā )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 關照 ／ 关照 (zh) ( guānzhào ) , 关照 (zh) ( guānzhào ) , 照顧 ／ 照顾 (zh) ( zhàogù ) , 照顾 (zh) ( zhàogu ) , 照管 (zh) ( zhàoguǎn )
Czech: pohlídat
Dutch: verzorgen (nl) , behartigen (nl) , naar omkijken
Esperanto: flegi (eo)
Finnish: huolehtia (fi) , vahtia (fi)
French: s’occuper de (fr) , garder (fr) , veiller sur (fr) , soigner (fr)
Galician: coidar (gl) , mirar (gl)
German: sich kümmern um (de) , pflegen (de)
Alemannic German: pflääge
Greek:
Ancient: κομίζω ( komízō )
Hindi: ध्यान रखना ( dhyān rakhnā ) , पालना (hi) ( pālnā ) , पालनपोषण करना ( pālanpoṣaṇ karnā )
Hungarian: gondoskodik (hu) , gondoz (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 世話をする ( sewa o suru ) , 面倒を見る ( mendō o miru )
Kurdish:
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Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: cūrō (la)
Ngazidja Comorian: hwangalia ushishia
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Polish: opiekować się (pl)
Portuguese: cuidar (pt)
Romansch: pertgirar ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran ) , partgirar ( Sutsilvan ) , perchürer ( Puter, Vallader )
Russian: забо́титься (ru) ( zabótitʹsja ) , уха́живать (ru) ( uxáživatʹ ) , пригля́дывать (ru) impf ( prigljádyvatʹ ) , пригляде́ть (ru) pf ( prigljadétʹ ) , присма́тривать (ru) impf ( prismátrivatʹ ) , присмотре́ть (ru) pf ( prismotrétʹ ) , следи́ть (ru) impf ( sledítʹ )
Spanish: cuidar (es)
Swedish: passa (sv)
Thai: ดูแล (th) ( duu-lɛɛ ) , เลี้ยงดู (th) ( líiang-duu )
Turkish: göz kulak olmak (tr) , bakmak (tr)
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