take care

English

Verb

take care (third-person singular simple present takes care, present participle taking care, simple past took care, past participle taken care)

1. (intransitive) To be cautious, careful or prudent.
2. (intransitive) To mind, or be in charge of something.

Translations

be cautious, careful

• Ainu: カシケウェ (kasikewe)
• Arabic: توخى الحذر (tawaxxā al-ḥiḏr)
• Catalan: tenir cura
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn), 當心, 当心 (zh) (dāngxīn)

• Finnish: varoa (fi)
• French: se soucier (fr), faire attention (fr)
• German: achtgeben, aufpassen (de)
• Japanese: 気を付ける (ja) (きをつける, ki o tsukeru)
• Latin: curo (la), caveo

• Polish: uważać (pl)
• Portuguese: ter cuidado, cuidar-se
• Russian: беречься (ru) impf (beréčʹsja), быть осторожным (bytʹ ostoróžnym)
• Serbo-Croatian: пазити се, paziti se
• Spanish: tener cuidado
• Swahili: linda (sw)
• Swedish: akta sig
• Tagalog: pag-ingat

to be in charge of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 照顧, 照顾 (zh) (zhàogù)

• Finnish: huolehtia (fi)
• French: prendre soin (fr)
• German: kümmern (de), sorgen (de)
• Hindi: ध्यान रखना (dhyān rakhnā), ख़याल रखना (xayāl rakhnā)
• Japanese: 世話をする (せわをする, sewa o suru)

• Latin: curo (la), caveo
• Portuguese: cuidar de
• Russian: заботиться (ru) impf (zabótitʹsja)
• Spanish: hacerse cargo, cuidar (es)
• Swahili: linda (sw)
• Tagalog: pangalaga
• Urdu: خیال رکھنا (xayāl rakhnā)

Interjection

take care

1. (when leaving) good-bye (literally, take care of yourself)

Translations

good-bye

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好走 (zh) (hǎozǒu), 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn), 保重 (zh) (bǎozhòng)

• Czech: opatruj se
• Finnish: pidä itsestäsi huoli
• German: pass auf dich auf
• Japanese: 大切にしてください (たいせつにしてください, taisetsu-ni shite kudasai), 気をつけて下さい (ki-o tsukete kudasai), お大事に (おだいじに, o-daiji-ni)
• Latin: cura, curate pl, cave, cavete

• Portuguese: se cuida
• Russian: (formal) будьте здоровы (ru) (búd'te zdoróvy), (informal, to a male) будь здоров (ru) (bud' zdoróv), (informal, to a female) будь здорова (bud’ zdoróva), (formal) берегите себя (beregíte sebjá), (informal) береги себя (beregí sebjá)
• Spanish: ten cuidado, cuídate (es)
• Swedish: sköt om dig
• Tagalog: ingat
• Turkish: kendine iyi bak

See also

• take care of

Anagrams

• caretake