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cuidar.

to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kujˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[kuɪ̯ˈda(h)]Brazil/kujˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo[kuɪ̯ˈda(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)

    transitive
    A mãe cuida das crianças.
  2. to take care; to be careful

    intransitive
  3. to take care (of); to deal (with); to handle

    transitive
    Não te preocupes, cuidarei deste problema.
  4. to mind (to concern oneself with, to pay attention to)

    transitive
    Cuida da tua vida!
  5. to think, to suppose to, to believe

    archaic · dialectal · transitive
  6. to take care (be cautious, careful)

    reflexive
  7. take care (used as a farewell)

    imperative · reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuidar, from Latin cōgitāre (“to think, to consider”), from co- + agitō (“to agitate”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.

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