CUIDA - Translation from Spanish into English

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Spanish

English

I. cuidar VB trans

1. cuidar:

cuidar juguetes/libros

to look after

cuidar juguetes/libros

to take care of

cuidar casa/plantas

to look after

cuidar niño

to look after

cuidar niño

to take care of

cuidar enfermo

to care for

señora, le cuido el coche

I'll take care of your car, Madam

una señora les cuida a los niños

a woman takes care of o looks after the children for them

cuida a su padre enfermo

he cares for o looks after his sick father

no sabe cuidar el dinero

he's no good at looking after his money

hay que cuidar la salud

you must look after your health

cuídame la leche un momentito

would you keep an eye on the milk for a moment?

tienes que cuidar ese catarro

you should look after that cold

2. cuidar estilo/detalles:

cuidar

to take care over

debes cuidar la ortografía

you must take care over your spelling

cuida mucho todos los detalles

she goes to a great deal of trouble over every little detail

cuida mucho todos los detalles

she pays great attention to detail

cuida mucho su apariencia

she takes great care over her appearance

II. cuidar VB intr

cuidar de algo/alg.

to take care of sth/sb

cuidaré de él como si fuera mío

I'll take care of it o look after it as if it were my own

sabe cuidar de sí misma

she knows how to take care of herself

(cuidar de que + subj) cuida de que no les falte nada

make sure they have everything they need

cuidaré de que todo marche bien

I'll make sure everything goes smoothly

III. cuidarse VB vpr

1. cuidarse refl:

cuidarse

to take care of oneself

cuidarse

to look after oneself

¡cuídate!

take care!

¡cuídate!

look after yourself!

no se cuidan bien

they don't take care of o look after themselves properly

¡tú sí que sabes cuidarte!

you certainly know how to look after yourself!

¡tú sí que sabes cuidarte!

you don't live badly, do you?

dejó de cuidarse

she let herself go

2. cuidarse (procurar no) (cuidarse de +  infinit.):

se cuidan mucho de enfrentarse directamente

they are very careful not to clash head-on

se cuidó mucho o muy bien de (no) volver por ahí

he took good care not to o he made very sure he didn't go back there

cuídate mucho de andar diciendo cosas de mí

you'd better not go round saying things about me

cuidar las morrocotas

to be careful with one's money

el macho cuida las crías

the male looks after the young

English

Spanish

weight-watcher

persona m que cuida la línea

baby minder

niñero m / niñera f (que cuida a un niño mientras los padres trabajan)

watch over patient/child

cuidar (de)

to fight the flab

cuidar la línea

he's leery of taking sides in the issue

se cuida mucho de tomar partido en el asunto

look after invalid/child/animal

cuidar

look after invalid/child/animal

cuidar de

look after toy/car

cuidar

he doesn't look after himself

no se cuida

look after

cuidar

babysit

cuidar niños

babysit

cuidar

in the PONS Dictionary

Spanish

English

I. cuidar VB intr

cuidar

to take care

II. cuidar VB trans

cuidar

to look after

III. cuidar VB refl

cuidar cuidarse:

cuidarse

to look after oneself

cuidarse mucho de (no) hacer algo

to take good care not to do sth

¡cuídate!

take care!

cuidar la silueta

to look after one's figure

cuida de que no vuelva a ocurrir algo semejante

make sure the same thing doesn't happen again

English

Spanish

proctor

censor(a) m (f) persona que cuida de la disciplina

carer

persona que cuida a una persona anciana o enferma, sin recibir remuneración alguna

nurture a plant

cuidar

tend a person

cuidar de

look after

cuidar

babysit

cuidar niños

to babysit for sb

cuidar a los niños de alguien

to babysit sb

cuidar a alguien

nurse

cuidar

in the PONS Dictionary

Spanish

English

I. cuidar [kwi·ˈdar] VB intr

cuidar

to take care

II. cuidar [kwi·ˈdar] VB trans

cuidar

to look after

III. cuidar [kwi·ˈdar] VB refl

cuidar cuidarse:

cuidar

to look after oneself

cuidarse mucho de (no) hacer algo

to take good care not to do sth

¡cuídate!

take care!

cuidar la silueta

to look after one's figure

English

Spanish

nurture a plant

cuidar

look after

cuidar

tend a person

cuidar de

nurse

cuidar

to take care of

cuidar de

to sit for sb

cuidar a alguien

to look after number one

cuidar de uno mismo

to watch one's weight

cuidar la línea

presente

yo	cuido
tú	cuidas
él/ella/usted	cuida
nosotros/nosotras	cuidamos
vosotros/vosotras	cuidáis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	cuidan

imperfecto

yo	cuidaba
tú	cuidabas
él/ella/usted	cuidaba
nosotros/nosotras	cuidábamos
vosotros/vosotras	cuidabais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	cuidaban

indefinido

yo	cuidé
tú	cuidaste
él/ella/usted	cuidó
nosotros/nosotras	cuidamos
vosotros/vosotras	cuidasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	cuidaron

futuro

yo	cuidaré
tú	cuidarás
él/ella/usted	cuidará
nosotros/nosotras	cuidaremos
vosotros/vosotras	cuidaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	cuidarán