Online Language Dictionaries

de cuidado

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
de cuidado loc adj	coloquial (muy enfermo) (slang)	dauncey adj
	(colloquial)	out of sorts, under the weather adj
de cuidado loc adj	ES: coloquial (cosa: intensa, grave)	heavy adj
		grave adj

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
de cuidado loc adj	(persona: peligrosa)	dangerous adj
	(colloquial:dubious)	dodgy, fishy, shady adj
	El señor López es un hombre de cuidado: no conviene meterse con él.
	Mr Lopez is a dangerous person: he is not to be messed with.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
al cuidado de, bajo el cuidado de loc prep	(bajo responsabilidad de)	under the care of, in the care of expr
	Dejamos a los niños al cuidado de su abuela.
	Mientras estuve de viaje, mis gatos estuvieron al cuidado de mi vecina.
	We left the children in (or: under) the care of their grandmother.
cuidado de la casa nm + loc adj	(quehaceres domésticos)	household chores npl
	(inside work, cleaning)	housework, housekeeping n
	(major tasks: plumbing, painting)	household maintenance n
	Todos tenemos que hacernos cargo del cuidado de la casa.
	All of us are responsible for household chores.
dejar a alguien al cuidado de algo loc verb	(dejar a cargo)	leave [sb] in charge of [sth] v expr
	La madre dejó a los niños al cuidado de una escuela.
tener cuidado de hacer algo loc verb + prep	(asegurarse de hacer algo)	be careful about doing [sth], be careful of doing [sth] v expr
		watch out to do [sth], be careful to do [sth] v expr
	Cuando salimos de viaje, siempre tenemos cuidado de cerrar el gas.
	Ten cuidado de no pisar el césped, o te ponen una multa.
	Be careful not to step on the grass; they'll fine you.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Forum discussions with the word(s) "de cuidado" in the title:

• Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

See Google Translate's machine translation of 'de cuidado'.

In other languages: French | Portuguese | Italian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic