Careful in Different Languages
Discover 'Careful' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Careful
Afrikaans versigtig | ||
Albanian i kujdesshëm | ||
Amharic በተጠንቀቅ | ||
Arabic حذر | ||
Armenian զգույշ | ||
Assamese সাৱধান | ||
Aymara amuyasiri | ||
Azerbaijani diqqətli | ||
Bambara jàntońyɛ̀rɛla | ||
Basque kontuz | ||
Belarusian асцярожна | ||
Bengali সাবধান | ||
Bhojpuri सावधान | ||
Bosnian oprezno | ||
Bulgarian внимателен | ||
Catalan compte | ||
Cebuano amping | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 小心 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 小心 | ||
Corsican attenti | ||
Croatian oprezno | ||
Czech opatrně | ||
Danish forsigtig | ||
Dhivehi ބަލައިގެން | ||
Dogri खबरदार | ||
Dutch voorzichtig | ||
English careful | ||
Esperanto zorga | ||
Estonian ettevaatlik | ||
Ewe kpɔe nyuie | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ingat | ||
Finnish varovainen | ||
French prudent | ||
Frisian foarsichtich | ||
Galician coidado | ||
Georgian ფრთხილად | ||
German vorsichtig | ||
Greek προσεκτικός | ||
Guarani ñangareko | ||
Gujarati સાવચેત | ||
Haitian Creole atansyon | ||
Hausa yi hankali | ||
Hawaiian akahele | ||
Hebrew זָהִיר | ||
Hindi सावधान | ||
Hmong ceev faj | ||
Hungarian óvatos | ||
Icelandic varkár | ||
Igbo kpachara anya | ||
Ilocano naannad | ||
Indonesian cermat | ||
Irish cúramach | ||
Italian attento | ||
Japanese 注意してください | ||
Javanese ati-ati | ||
Kannada ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ | ||
Kazakh сақ болыңыз | ||
Khmer ប្រយ័ត្ន | ||
Kinyarwanda witonde | ||
Konkani जतनायेन | ||
Korean 꼼꼼한 | ||
Krio tek tɛm | ||
Kurdish balî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وریا | ||
Kyrgyz этият | ||
Lao ລະມັດລະວັງ | ||
Latin careful | ||
Latvian uzmanīgi | ||
Lingala likebi | ||
Lithuanian atsargus | ||
Luganda okwegendereza | ||
Luxembourgish virsiichteg | ||
Macedonian внимателен | ||
Maithili सावधानीपूर्वक | ||
Malagasy amim-pitandremana | ||
Malay berhati-hati | ||
Malayalam ശ്രദ്ധാപൂർവ്വം | ||
Maltese attent | ||
Maori tupato | ||
Marathi काळजीपूर्वक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯛꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo fimkhur | ||
Mongolian болгоомжтой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဂရုစိုက် | ||
Nepali सावधान | ||
Norwegian forsiktig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) samalani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସାବଧାନ | | ||
Oromo of eeggataa | ||
Pashto محتاط | ||
Persian محتاط | ||
Polish ostrożny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cuidado | ||
Punjabi ਸਾਵਧਾਨ | ||
Quechua cuidadoso | ||
Romanian atent | ||
Russian осторожный | ||
Samoan faʻaitete | ||
Sanskrit सावधानम् | ||
Scots Gaelic faiceallach | ||
Sepedi hlokomela | ||
Serbian опрезно | ||
Sesotho hlokolosi | ||
Shona chenjera | ||
Sindhi محتاط | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රවේශම් වන්න | ||
Slovak opatrne | ||
Slovenian previdno | ||
Somali taxaddar | ||
Spanish cuidado | ||
Sundanese ati-ati | ||
Swahili makini | ||
Swedish försiktig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) maingat | ||
Tajik эҳтиёт | ||
Tamil கவனமாக | ||
Tatar сак | ||
Telugu జాగ్రత్తగా | ||
Thai ระวัง | ||
Tigrinya ምጥንቃቕ | ||
Tsonga vukheta | ||
Turkish dikkatli | ||
Turkmen seresap boluň | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ yie | ||
Ukrainian обережно | ||
Urdu ہوشیار | ||
Uyghur ئېھتىيات قىلىڭ | ||
Uzbek ehtiyot bo'ling | ||
Vietnamese cẩn thận | ||
Welsh gofalus | ||
Xhosa ngononophelo | ||
Yiddish אָפּגעהיט | ||
Yoruba ṣọra | ||
Zulu qaphela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "versigtig" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "voorzichtig", which means "wary" or "cautious". |
| Albanian | "I kujdesshëm" (careful) comes from the Latin "cautus," meaning "wary" or "prudent." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "በተጠንቀቅ" is derived from the root "ጠንቅ" meaning "to be careful" or "to take care" and is often used to emphasize the importance of caution or attention to detail. |
| Arabic | The word “حذر” can also mean "to be on your guard" or "to take precautions." |
| Azerbaijani | "Diqqətli" is derived from the Arabic word "diqqah," meaning "attention, care" and also "narrowness" in Persian. |
| Basque | It comes from French "contus" or Spanish "contuso" and means "bruised". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সাবধান" is derived from the Sanskrit word "sapradhana", meaning "attention" or "heed". |
| Bosnian | The word 'oprezno' (careful) also has a negative connotation of suspicion or mistrust. |
| Bulgarian | "Внимателен" derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "внiмати", meaning "to pay attention, to listen." |
| Catalan | "Compte", meaning "careful," also derives from "comptes" in Old Catalan, and can therefore refer to the sense of carrying something or a financial account. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "amping" can also mean "a place of refuge". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 小（xiǎo）as a prefix in mandarin usually indicates a diminutive version or a lower rank/junior version of something, while 心（xīn）refers to the heart/mind. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小心 (literally "small heart") can also mean timid, cautious or afraid. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "attenti" comes from the Italian "attenti," and can also mean "to wait" or "to be ready." |
| Croatian | "Oprez" means "caution" and "opaziti" means "to notice" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "opatrně" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*opatrъ", meaning "to be on guard". In addition to its primary meaning of "careful", it can also mean "cautious", "prudent", or "wary". |
| Danish | The word "forsigtig" comes from the Old Norse word "forsigr", meaning "foresight". It can also mean "cautious" or "prudent". |
| Dutch | Despite its spelling, 'voorzichtig' is not related to 'voorsicht', which means 'caution', but instead comes from 'voorzichtigheid' (literally 'foresighteousness'). |
| Esperanto | The word "zorga" is thought to be derived from the German word "sorgen", meaning "to worry" or "to care". |
| Estonian | The word 'ettevaatlik' is derived from the Estonian word 'ette' meaning 'before' and 'vaatama' meaning 'to look'. |
| Finnish | "Varovainen" derives from the word "varoa", which means "to beware" or "to guard against". |
| French | The word "prudent" can also refer to "cautious" in French. |
| Galician | The Galician word "coidado" derives from the Latin "cautus," meaning wary or cautious. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word ფრთხილად ('careful') originates from the Old Georgian word ფრთხა ('bird's wing'). The word's literal meaning is 'like a bird's wing', referring to the delicate and cautious movement of a bird's wings. |
| German | Vorsichtig means "watchful, cautious" and derives from Vorsicht "caution, watchfulness" which is composed of vor "in front" and sight "view". Vorsicht also appears in Vorschuß "advance" and vorsorglich "precautionary". |
| Greek | Προσεκτικός comes from "proskheo," which means "to look out" or "to pay attention." |
| Gujarati | The word "સાવચેત" comes from the Sanskrit word "सावधान" which means "vigilant" or "attentive". It can also mean "cautious" or "prudent". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "atansyon" derives from the French word "attention" and also means "look out!" |
| Hausa | The word 'yi hankali' is a Hausa phrase composed of the verb 'yi' and the noun 'hankali', meaning to apply discretion and reason in one's actions. |
| Hawaiian | Akahele also means 'in an adroit manner,' 'skilfully' and 'cautiously'. |
| Hebrew | The word "זהיר" may also refer to a type of ritual knife used in Jewish circumcision ceremonies. |
| Hindi | "सावधान" could mean 'careful' but it can also refer to the state of being on the lookout or alert. |
| Hmong | Another meaning of "ceev faj" in Hmong is to be stingy |
| Hungarian | "Óvatos" derives from "óv" (to protect), which also gave way to the term "őriz" (to guard) and hence has semantic links with the verb "vigyáz" (to take care). |
| Icelandic | The word "varkár" in Icelandic is derived from the Old Norse root "vara" meaning "to be on guard" or "to take care." |
| Igbo | The Igbo term "kpachara anya" not only means "careful" but can also refer to the act of being vigilant or watchful. |
| Indonesian | The word "cermat" in Indonesian is derived from the Sanskrit word "cāmatkāra, |
| Irish | In Irish mythology, the Morrígan is often depicted as a war goddess, her name possibly derived from the word cúrach (hero) or curamach (champion). |
| Italian | While "attento" in Italian means "careful" or "attentive", it is derived from the Latin "attendere" meaning "to stretch towards" like a hunter with a bow and arrow. |
| Japanese | "注意してください" (careful) is a loanword from Portuguese "atenção" |
| Javanese | The Javanese word “ati-ati” is also used for “fragile,” and derives from Sanskrit “ati-ati,” which can mean either “very” or “often.” |
| Kazakh | The word "сақ болыңыз" in Kazakh can also be translated as "beware" or "watch out". |
| Khmer | The word "ប្រយ័ត្ន" in Khmer can also mean "consideration", "attention", or "thoughtfulness". |
| Korean | 꼼꼼 was originally written as 꼼꼼이 to mean 'the state of looking over an object carefully' and is derived from 꼼꼼히 meaning 'in a detailed manner'. |
| Kurdish | The word "balî" in Kurdish derives from the Persian word "bala" which means "higher, above, upper". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "этият" is also used in Kyrgyz to mean "watch out". |
| Latin | In Latin the word 'careful' originated from 'carus' meaning 'dear', so it originally meant to hold something dear and protect it from harm. |
| Latvian | “Uzmanīgi” can be used to mean “precisely” or “exactly” in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | 'Atsargus' shares the same root as the word 'sargas' meaning 'guard', and the word 'atsarga' meaning 'reserve'. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "внимателен" is related to the Latin verb "attendo" meaning to attend to something or be attentive. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "amim-pitandremana" is a compound word derived from the nouns "amim" (care) and "pitandremana" (thought) and the particle "mi-" which indicates the possession of a particular quality or attribute, hence the meaning "thoughtful" in the context of being careful. |
| Malay | "Berhati-hati" (careful) in Malay literally means "with a heart" and can also imply being attentive or mindful. |
| Maltese | It is a false friend of the English word "attentive" and is related to "attenuate". |
| Maori | The word "tupato" also means "to be cautious" or "to be wary" in Maori. |
| Mongolian | The word "болгоомжтой" can also mean "attentive" or "cautious". |
| Nepali | The word "सावधान" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "savadhana", meaning "attentive". |
| Norwegian | "Forsiktig" (careful) is derived from the Old Norse word "forsichtigr," which meant "prudent," "cautious," or "watchful." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "samalani" also means "beware" or "be cautious". |
| Pashto | The word 'محتاط' can also mean 'precautious' or 'watchful' in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "محتاط" is derived from the root "حط" meaning "to prevent" or "to put down". |
| Polish | The Polish word "ostrożny" is related to the noun "ostroga", which means "spur", and the verb "strzeć", which means "to shoot" or "to guard", suggesting a sense of caution and readiness in its usage. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cuidado" is a word in Portuguese that can be traced back to the Latin word "cogito", meaning "to think" or "to consider". |
| Punjabi | ਸਾਵਧਾਨ also means 'attentive,' 'heedful,' 'thoughtful,' 'watchful,' 'vigilant,' 'cautious,' 'prudent,' 'warily,' 'wary,' and 'with care'. |
| Romanian | The word "atent" is also used to describe an object or action that is focused or directed towards something specific. |
| Russian | "Осторожный" is related to the word "сторожить", a verb meaning "guarding" from "осторожница ", a name for a guard. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻaitete" is derived from the verb "faʻateitei", meaning "to make cautious". It can also mean "prudent" or "discreet". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "faiceallach" is also used to describe someone who is "watchful" or "attentive". |
| Serbian | The word 'опрезно' is also used in Russian and means 'prudent, cautious'. |
| Sesotho | "Hlokolosi" originates from the Sesotho word "lokotsa, |
| Shona | The word "chenjera" in Shona also means "to wake up" or "to be alert". |
| Sindhi | The word "محتاط" also means "precautious" in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The word "opatrne" can also mean "cautious" or "watchful". |
| Slovenian | It is related to the Proto-Slavic word *obŭzьrěti meaning 'to view over' or 'to heed'. |
| Somali | Taxaddar stems from the Arabic noun taxaddur, meaning cautiousness or meticulousness. |
| Spanish | "Cuidado" can also mean "look out" or "beware" in some contexts. |
| Sundanese | The word "ati-ati" can also be used as an exclamation to express caution or to warn someone of a potential danger. |
| Swahili | Makini is derived from the Arabic word "makin" meaning "a place" or "a dwelling". |
| Swedish | Försiktig shares the same origin as German "vorsichtig," originally meaning "provident," from Old Norse "forseggja" meaning "to provide for"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Maingat" is also used to describe something that is done with great attention to detail or with meticulous care. |
| Tajik | The word "эҳтиёт" can also mean "heedful" or "cautious". |
| Thai | ระวัง shares its roots with the word "วังวน" (whirlpool), as both originally meant "to be surrounded by or entangled in something." |
| Turkish | Originally meant "narrow", "close" in Classical Ottoman Turkish |
| Ukrainian | The word "обережно" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*oboriti sę", meaning "to turn around" or "to be careful". |
| Urdu | The word "ہوشیار" derives from Sanskrit "savyaśīrṣa" (left-headed) and also means "prudent" or "aware". |
| Uzbek | This idiom comes from “ehtiyot bo‘ling” (“take care”). |
| Vietnamese | "Cẩn thận" derives from the Chinese word "謹慎" (jǐnshèn), meaning "cautious" or "prudent". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "gofal" derives from an Old Celtic root meaning "to attend to". |
| Xhosa | "Ngqononophelo" is also the name of a Nguni shield and is derived from the word "ngqono" meaning "to look out for". |
| Yiddish | "אָפּגעהיט" can also be used to mean cautious or wary. |
| Yoruba | "Ṣọra" is also used as a verb, meaning "to beware of" or "to avoid". |
| Zulu | The word "qaphela" also means "guard; protect; shield; defend" in Zulu. |
| English | Careful, from an ultimately Indo-European word, shares the same root as the Latin word carus, meaning “dear” and “precious”. |