Polyglot Dictionary

cuidado

/kwiˈðaðo/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los cuidados

Meaning

  1. care

    • Trata el libro con cuidado.

      Handle the book with care.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

esmero

esmero specifically means painstaking care or meticulousness, great care put into doing something well; cuidado is more general, care or caution.

Similar in other languages

French

soin

soin is the French word for the same thing — both mean "care."

Portuguese

cuidado

cuidado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "care."

Practice

1 What does cuidado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trata el libro con ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuidado?

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