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cuidar.

to look after, take care of (e.g. a house, a person)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kwiˈdaɾ/[kwiˈð̞aɾ]
  1. to look after, take care of (e.g. a house, a person)

    ambitransitive
    La canguro está cuidando de mi hija.
  2. to mind, watch, pay attention to, be mindful of

    transitive
    Cuide su lenguaje.
  3. to look after oneself, take care

    reflexive
    cuídate
  4. to be careful of, watch out for

    reflexive
    Cuídate de no contar mi secreto.
  5. to feed (an animal)

    Costa-Rica · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin agitō Latin cōgitō Old Spanish *coidar Old Spanish cuidar Spanish cuidar Inherited from Old Spanish cuidar (“to think; to take care of”), from Latin cogitāre (“to think”). Doublet of cogitar, a learned borrowing from Latin, whence also English cogitate.

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