cuidar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cuidar, from Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō. Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

Verb

cuidar (first-person singular present cuido, past participle cuidat)

  1. to care for, to take care of

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkyjdaɾ/

Verb

cuidar

  1. to believe
  2. to think

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cuidar, from Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō (“I think, consider”), from co- + agitō (“I agitate”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /kuj.ˈda(ɾ)/, /kuj.ˈda(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /kuj.ˈda(ɾ)/, /kuj.ˈda(ɻ)/

Verb

cuidar (first-person singular present indicative cuido, past participle cuidado)

  1. (transitive, followed by de) to take care (of); to look after (to provide care for)
    A babá cuida das crianças.
    The babysitter tends the children.
  2. (intransitive) to take care; to be careful
    Derrubou o prato porque não cuidas.
    You dropped the plate because you weren't careful.
  3. (transitive, followed by de) to take care (of); to deal (with); to handle
    Não te preocupes, cuidarei deste problema.
    Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this problem.
  4. (transitive, followed by de) to mind (to concern oneself with, to pay attention to)
    Cuida da tua vida!
    Mind your own business! (literally: Mind your life).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Spanish

  • IPA(key): /kwiˈdaɾ/, [kwiˈðaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Etymology

From Old Spanish coidar, from Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō (“to think”). Doublet of cogitar, a borrowing.

Verb

cuidar (first-person singular present cuido, first-person singular preterite cuidé, past participle cuidado)

  1. to take care of
  2. to pay attention
  3. to think

Conjugation

        Conjugation of cuidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive cuidar
    gerund cuidando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular cuidado cuidada
    plural cuidados cuidadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present cuido cuidastú
    cuidásvos    		 cuida cuidamos cuidáis cuidan
    imperfect cuidaba cuidabas cuidaba cuidábamos cuidabais cuidaban
    preterite cuidé cuidaste cuidó cuidamos cuidasteis cuidaron
    future cuidaré cuidarás cuidará cuidaremos cuidaréis cuidarán
    conditional cuidaría cuidarías cuidaría cuidaríamos cuidaríais cuidarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present cuide cuidestú
    cuidésvos2    		 cuide cuidemos cuidéis cuiden
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 cuidara cuidaras cuidara cuidáramos cuidarais cuidaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 cuidase cuidases cuidase cuidásemos cuidaseis cuidasen
    future1 cuidare cuidares cuidare cuidáremos cuidareis cuidaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative cuidatú
    cuidávos    		 cuide cuidemos cuidad cuiden
    negative no cuides no cuide no cuidemos no cuidéis no cuiden
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of cuidaredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive cuidar
      dative cuidarme cuidarte cuidarle, cuidarse cuidarnos cuidaros cuidarles, cuidarse
      accusative cuidarme cuidarte cuidarlo, cuidarla, cuidarse cuidarnos cuidaros cuidarlos, cuidarlas, cuidarse
      with gerund cuidando
      dative cuidándome cuidándote cuidándole, cuidándose cuidándonos cuidándoos cuidándoles, cuidándose
      accusative cuidándome cuidándote cuidándolo, cuidándola, cuidándose cuidándonos cuidándoos cuidándolos, cuidándolas, cuidándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative cuida
      dative cuídame cuídate cuídale cuídanos not used cuídales
      accusative cuídame cuídate cuídalo, cuídala cuídanos not used cuídalos, cuídalas
      with formal second-person singular imperative cuide
      dative cuídeme not used cuídele, cuídese cuídenos not used cuídeles
      accusative cuídeme not used cuídelo, cuídela, cuídese cuídenos not used cuídelos, cuídelas
      with first-person plural imperative cuidemos
      dative not used cuidémoste cuidémosle cuidémonos cuidémoos cuidémosles
      accusative not used cuidémoste cuidémoslo, cuidémosla cuidémonos cuidémoos cuidémoslos, cuidémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative cuidad
      dative cuidadme not used cuidadle cuidadnos cuidaos cuidadles
      accusative cuidadme not used cuidadlo, cuidadla cuidadnos cuidaos cuidadlos, cuidadlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative cuiden
      dative cuídenme not used cuídenle cuídennos not used cuídenles, cuídense
      accusative cuídenme not used cuídenlo, cuídenla cuídennos not used cuídenlos, cuídenlas, cuídense

      See also

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