cuidado

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuidado, coidado, from Latin cōgitātus.

• Hyphenation: cui‧da‧do

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. meditated, thought-out
2. planned

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuidado.

cuidado

1. watch out!
2. beware!
3. be careful!

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuidado.

cuidado m (plural cuidados)

1. care, caution, precaution
2. fear

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuidado.

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. past participle of cuidar

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuidar.

• cuidao (eye dialect)

Past participle of cuidar; corresponds to Latin cōgitātus.

The Philippine sense is a calque of Tagalog bahala, as in the expressions bahala ka, ako bahala, ikaw bahala, etc.

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈdado/ [kwiˈð̞a.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: cui‧da‧do

cuidado

1. watch out!
2. beware!
3. be careful!

cuidado m (plural cuidados)

1. care (close attention; concern)
2. care (maintenance, upkeep)
3. care (the treatment of those in need)

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. (Philippines) answerable; accountable; responsible[1][2]

   yo cuidado

   I'll take care of it. / I am accountable.

   tú cuidado

   It's up to you. / You are responsible.

cuidado (feminine cuidada, masculine plural cuidados, feminine plural cuidadas)

1. past participle of cuidar

• “cuidado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014