cuidado
Watch your step
Cuidado is Spanish for care, caution, or attention.
As an interjection, it warns of danger: ¡Cuidado! means "Watch out!" or "Be careful!" English speakers encounter it in bilingual contexts or as a loanword in the American Southwest.
Cuidado, there's glass on the floor.
Alert about danger
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- bewareExercise vigilant caution
- carefulExercising caution and attention
watchful · vigilant · precaution · heed · mindful · wary · alertness · cautiousness
Focused mental awareness
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- looking afterSupervising someone's wellbeing
- caregivingAttending to dependents
supervision · watching over · protection · guardianship · custody · keeping · charge · responsibility
Care for an ailment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- patient careMedical attention for sick
medical attention · wound care · first aid · recuperation · healing · recovery · convalescence · home care
Accuracy of measurement
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- detailSingle small element
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
painstaking · conscientiousness · rigor · scrupulousness · fastidiousness · attentiveness · deliberation · perfectionism
Troubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
solicitude · regard · consideration · thought · mindfulness · attentiveness · interest · heedfulness
warning
Alert about danger
careful · watchful · vigilant · precaution · heed · mindful · wary · alertness · cautiousness · heads-up
attention
Focused mental awareness
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- looking afterSupervising someone's wellbeing
caregiving · supervision · watching over · protection · guardianship · custody · keeping · charge · responsibility · attentiveness
treatment
Care for an ailment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
medical attention · patient care · wound care · first aid · recuperation · healing · recovery · convalescence · home care · hospice
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
- diligenceCareful, persistent effort
- detailSingle small element
exactness · painstaking · conscientiousness · rigor · scrupulousness · fastidiousness · attentiveness · deliberation · perfectionism · refinement
worry
Troubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
unease · solicitude · regard · consideration · thought · mindfulness · attentiveness · interest · heedfulness · tenderness