cuidado

/kwiˈdado/ · A1 · adj

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⚠️ cuidado = cuidar (to care) + -ado: cared-for, careful; from Latin cogitare

Cuidar comes from Latin cogitare, to think, the same root as English cogitate. To care for something is to keep thinking about it. As a shout, ¡Cuidado! means Careful! and the adjective means cared-for or looked-after.

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