watch out

See also: watchout

English

Etymology

watch + out

Pronunciation

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Verb

watch out (third-person singular simple present watches out, present participle watching out, simple past and past participle watched out)

1. (idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative.

   Watch out for low doorways, so you don’t hit your head.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Fresh start:

     Being exiled from the Nexus was a huge shock, I still can't believe Tann did that. But at least Sloane's watching out for us and giving us whatever land we want. We hope to make a life out here and we've got our very own lakeside property with a view.

Synonyms

• to beware
• to get away
• to heed
• to mind

Derived terms

• watchout (noun)

Translations

to use caution

• Armenian: զգուշանալ (hy) (zgušanal)
• Bulgarian: внима́вам (bg) impf (vnimávam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Czech: dávat pozor (cs), dávat bacha (cs) impf
• Dutch: oppassen (nl)
• Finnish: varoa (fi)
• French: faire attention (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: aufpassen (de), achtgeben (de)
• Hungarian: vigyáz (hu)
• Italian: attento! (it), fare attenzione
• Japanese: 気を付ける (ja) (ki o tsukeru)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: stà accorte
• Portuguese: ter cuidado, tomar cuidado (pt)
• Romanian: fi atent
• Russian: остерега́ться (ru) impf (osteregátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: tener cuidado, estar al loro (es) (colloquial)
• Swedish: se upp (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Venetian: ocio, òcio (vec)
• Vietnamese: coi chừng (vi), cẩn thận (vi), chú ý (vi), để ý (vi)

See also

• careful
• caution
• caveat

 

Interjection

watch out!

1. Used to warn someone of an imminent danger.

Translations

proceed with caution

• Afrikaans: pasop
• Basque: kontuz (eu)
• Belarusian: асцяро́жна! (ascjaróžna!)
• Bengali: খবরদার (bn) (khobrodar)
• Bulgarian: внимавай! (bg) (vnimavaj!), пази се! (pazi se!)
• Catalan: compte! (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小心！ (zh) (xiǎoxīn!)

• Czech: pozor! (cs), bacha! (cs)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: varo! (singular), varokaa! (polite or plural)
• French: attention (fr)
• Galician: ollo! (gl), cata (gl) (archaic)
• German: Achtung (de), Vorsicht (de), vorsichtig (de), passt auf! (de), pass auf! (de)
• Greek: προσοχή! (el) (prosochí!)
• Guaraní: cháke (gn)
• Hungarian: vigyázzon (formal, to one person), vigyázz (hu) (informal, to one person), vigyázzanak (formal, to a group), vigyázzatok (informal, to a group)
• Italian: attenzione! (it)
• Japanese: 気を付けて！ (きをつけて！, ki o tsukete!)
• Khmer: ប្រយ័ត្ន (km) (prɑyat)
• Korean: 조심해! (ko) (josimhae!)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: accorte!
• Polish: uwaga! (pl)
• Portuguese: cuidado! (pt)
• Romanian: fiți atenți!, fi atent!, atenție! (ro)
• Russian: осторо́жно! (ru) (ostoróžno!)
• Serbo-Croatian: pazi! (sh)
• Spanish: cuidado (es), ojo (es)
• Swedish: se upp (sv)
• Ukrainian: обере́жно! (oberéžno!)

See also

• beware, look out

Anagrams

• outwatch