take care

English

Verb

take care (third-person singular simple present takes care, present participle taking care, simple past took care, past participle taken care)

1. (intransitive) To be cautious, careful or prudent.

   Take care when you’re crossing the crosswalk.

   Take care that you don't fall!

   Care should be taken to close it securely.

2. (intransitive) To mind, or be in charge of something.

Translations

be cautious, careful

• Ainu: カシケウェ (kasikewe)
• Arabic: تَوَخَّى اَلْحِذْر‎ (tawaḵḵā l-ḥiḏr)
• Catalan: tenir cura
• Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏍᏛᎢ (ugasesdvi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn), 當心 (zh), 当心 (zh) (dāngxīn)

• Esperanto: zorgi (eo)
• Finnish: varoa (fi)
• French: se soucier (fr), faire attention (fr)
• Galician: cóidate, catar (now rare)
• German: achtgeben (de), aufpassen (de)
• Hiligaynon: halong
• Hungarian: vigyáz (magára)

• Japanese: 気を付ける (ja) (きをつける, ki o tsukeru)
• Latin: curo (la), caveo (la), accuro (la)
• Polish: uważać (pl)
• Portuguese: ter cuidado, cuidar-se
• Russian: бере́чься (ru) impf (beréčʹsja), быть осторо́жным (bytʹ ostoróžnym)
• Serbo-Croatian: пазити се, paziti se (sh)
• Spanish: tener cuidado
• Swahili: linda (sw)
• Swedish: akta sig (sv)
• Tagalog: pag-ingat
• Ukrainian: бережи́сь impf (berežýsʹ), будь оба́чним (budʹ obáčnym), обере́жно (oberéžno)

to be in charge of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 照顧 (zh), 照顾 (zh) (zhàogù)

• Dutch: zorgen (nl)
• Finnish: huolehtia (fi)
• French: prendre soin (fr)
• German: kümmern (de), sorgen (de)
• Hindi: ध्यान रखना (dhyān rakhnā), ख़याल रखना (xayāl rakhnā)
• Hungarian: vigyáz (hu)
• Italian: curarsi (it), occuparsi (it), badare (it)

• Japanese: 世話をする (せわをする, sewa o suru)
• Latin: curo (la), caveo (la), accuro (la)
• Portuguese: cuidar de
• Russian: забо́титься (ru) impf (zabótitʹsja)
• Spanish: hacerse cargo, ocuparse (es) de, cuidar (es)
• Swahili: linda (sw)
• Tagalog: pangalaga
• Urdu: خیال رکھنا‎ (xayāl rakhnā)

Interjection

take care

1. (when leaving) good-bye (literally, take care of yourself)

Translations

good-bye

• Bulgarian: късме́т! (bg) (kǎsmét!)
• Cebuano: pag-amping, amping
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好走 (zh) (hǎozǒu), 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn), 保重 (zh) (bǎozhòng)

• Czech: opatruj se
• Dutch: hou je haaks, het ga je goed
• Finnish: pidä huolta itsestäsi
• French: (formal) prenez soin de vous, (informal) prends soin de toi
• German: pass auf dich auf, mach's gut
• Hungarian: (informal) vigyázz magadra, (formal) vigyázzon magára
• Jamaican Creole: walk good
• Japanese: 大切にしてください (たいせつにしてください, taisetsu ni shite kudasai), 気をつけて下さい (ki o tsukete kudasai), お大事に (ja) (おだいじに, o-daiji ni)

• Kazakh: сау бол (saw bol)
• Latin: cura (la), curate (la) pl, cave (la), cavete (la)
• Portuguese: se cuida
• Russian: (formal) бу́дьте здоро́вы (ru) (búdʹte zdoróvy), (informal, to a male) будь здоро́в (ru) (budʹ zdoróv), (informal, to a female) будь здоро́ва (budʹ zdoróva), (formal) береги́те себя́ (beregíte sebjá), (informal) береги́ себя́ (beregí sebjá)
• Spanish: ten cuidado, cuídate (es) (informal), cuídese (es) (formal)
• Swedish: sköt om dig (to one person), sköt om er (to several people)
• Tagalog: ingat
• Turkish: kendine iyi bak
• Ukrainian: бува́й здоро́вий (buváj zdoróvyj), бережи́ себе́ (berežý sebé), пока́ (poká), щасли́во (uk) (ščaslývo)

See also

• have a care (dated)
• take care of

Anagrams

• caretake