take care

English

Pronunciation

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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.
   • 1996 September, V. Maulsby, “The Importance of Outside Commnication to the Transgendered Inmate”, in Gay Community News, page 31:

     Folks with outside contacts are less likely to be singled out by staff for serious abuse. While the staff may have no fear of the inmate, they are more likely to take care if there is any chance that an outside free person might hear about the abuse.

   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.

Related terms

• caretaker

Translations

be cautious, careful

• Ainu: カシケウェ (kasikewe)
• Arabic: تَوَخَّى اَلْحِذْر (tawaḵḵā l-ḥiḏr)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܲܗܸܪ (zahir), ܥܵܒ݂ܹܕ ܗܸܫܝܵܪ (ʿāwēd hišyār)
• Catalan: tenir cura
• Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏍᏛᎢ (ugasesdvi)
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: zorgi (eo)
• Finnish: varoa (fi)
• French: se soucier (fr), faire attention (fr)
• Galician: cóidate, catar (gl) (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)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: curo (la), caveo (la), accuro (la)
• Polish: uważać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: ter cuidado, tomar cuidado (pt)
• Russian: бере́чься (ru) impf (beréčʹsja), быть осторо́жным (bytʹ ostoróžnym)
• Serbo-Croatian: пазити се, paziti se (sh)
• Spanish: tener cuidado
• Sranan Tongo: luku bun
• Swahili: linda (sw)
• Swedish: akta sig (sv)
• Tagalog: pag-ingat
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: бережи́сь impf (berežýsʹ), будь оба́чним (budʹ obáčnym), обере́жно (oberéžno)

to be in charge of something

• Bengali: খেয়াল রাখবেন (kheẏal rakhben)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 照顧 / 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)
• Polish: zadbać (pl) pf
• 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

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܸܡ ܒܵܠܵܐ (masim bālā) (to a male), ܡܲܣܸܡܝ ܒܵܠܵܐ (masim bālā) (to a female), ܡܲܣܸܡܘܼܢ ܒܵܠܵܐ (masimun bālā) (to a group)
• Bulgarian: късме́т! (bg) (kǎsmét!)
• Cebuano: pag-amping, amping
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 保重 (bou² zung⁶)

  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: (familiar) vigyázz magadra, (polite) vigyázzon magára
• Irish: tabhair aire duit féin, tabhair aire daoibh féin
• 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)
• Kapampangan: mingat
• Kazakh: сау бол (sau bol)
• Korean: 몸 조심하십시오 (mom josimhasipsio) (formal polite), 몸조리 잘하십시오 (momjori jalhasipsio) (formal polite), 몸 조심하세요 (mom josimhaseyo) (informal polite), 몸조리 잘하세요 (momjori jalhaseyo) (informal polite), 몸 조심해 (mom josimhae) (intimate), 몸조리 잘해 (momjori jalhae) (intimate)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: cura (la), curate (la) pl, cave (la), cavete (la)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: trzymaj się
• Portuguese: se cuida (pt) (Brazil)
• 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)
• Sranan Tongo: tan bun
• Swedish: sköt om dig (to one person), sköt om er (to several people)
• Tagalog: ingat
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kendine iyi bak (tr) (informal, to one person), kendinize iyi bakın (formal or to a group)
• Ukrainian: (formal or to a group) бува́йте здоро́ві (uk) (buvájte zdoróvi), (informal, to a male) бува́й здоро́вий (buváj zdoróvyj), бува́й здоро́в (uk) (buváj zdoróv), (informal, to a female) бува́й здоро́ва (uk) (buváj zdoróva), (formal or to a group) бережі́ть себе́ (berežítʹ sebé), (informal to one person) бережи́ себе́ (berežý sebé), пока́ (poká), щасли́во (uk) (ščaslývo)
• Urdu: اپنا خیال رکھنا (apnā xayāl rakhnā), اپنا خیال رکھیے گا (apnā xayāl rakhi'ye gā)

See also

• have a care (dated)
• take care of

Anagrams

• caretake