cuidar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to take care of, to care for
  • (transitive) to look after, to look out for, to keep an eye on, to guard, to protect, to watch over, to watch out for implies doing so with care
  • (transitive) to mind, to watch, to pay attention
  • to babysit
  • to keep, to sit on e.g. one's house, keeping the place in order
  • (transitive) to nurse, to nurture, to tend, to tend to, to attend to e.g. nurse back to health, to tend a garden or yard, tend to a herd or flock
  • (reflexive) to take care, to take care of, to look after, to care for oneself
  • (reflexive) to be careful of/with, to beware, to watch out for, to be wary of + l

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish coidar inherited from Latin cogitāre.

Origin

Latin

cogitāre

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