Carefully in Different Languages
Discover 'Carefully' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Carefully
Afrikaans versigtig | ||
Albanian me kujdes | ||
Amharic በጥንቃቄ | ||
Arabic بحرص | ||
Armenian ուշադիր | ||
Assamese সতৰ্কতাৰে | ||
Aymara amuyumpi | ||
Azerbaijani diqqətlə | ||
Bambara nɛmɛnɛmɛ | ||
Basque kontu handiz | ||
Belarusian асцярожна | ||
Bengali সাবধানে | ||
Bhojpuri सावधानी से | ||
Bosnian pažljivo | ||
Bulgarian внимателно | ||
Catalan amb cura | ||
Cebuano pag-ayo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 小心 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 小心 | ||
Corsican cun primura | ||
Croatian pažljivo | ||
Czech opatrně | ||
Danish omhyggeligt | ||
Dhivehi ފަރުވަތެރިކަމާއެކު | ||
Dogri ध्यान कन्नै | ||
Dutch voorzichtig | ||
English carefully | ||
Esperanto zorge | ||
Estonian hoolikalt | ||
Ewe le dzigbɔɖi me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) maingat | ||
Finnish huolellisesti | ||
French soigneusement | ||
Frisian foarsichtich | ||
Galician coidadosamente | ||
Georgian ფრთხილად | ||
German vorsichtig | ||
Greek προσεκτικά | ||
Guarani reñangarekóke | ||
Gujarati કાળજીપૂર્વક | ||
Haitian Creole ak anpil atansyon | ||
Hausa a hankali | ||
Hawaiian akahele | ||
Hebrew בקפידה | ||
Hindi सावधानी से | ||
Hmong kom zoo zoo | ||
Hungarian gondosan | ||
Icelandic vandlega | ||
Igbo jiri nlezianya | ||
Ilocano naalluad | ||
Indonesian hati-hati | ||
Irish go cúramach | ||
Italian accuratamente | ||
Japanese 慎重に | ||
Javanese kanthi tliti | ||
Kannada ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದ | ||
Kazakh мұқият | ||
Khmer ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន | ||
Kinyarwanda witonze | ||
Konkani जतनायेन | ||
Korean 조심스럽게 | ||
Krio saful saful | ||
Kurdish bi baldarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەووردی | ||
Kyrgyz кылдаттык менен | ||
Lao ລະມັດລະວັງ | ||
Latin sollicite | ||
Latvian uzmanīgi | ||
Lingala malamumalamu | ||
Lithuanian atsargiai | ||
Luganda okwegendereza | ||
Luxembourgish virsiichteg | ||
Macedonian внимателно | ||
Maithili सावधानीसँ | ||
Malagasy tsara | ||
Malay dengan berhati-hati | ||
Malayalam ശ്രദ്ധാപൂർവ്വം | ||
Maltese b'attenzjoni | ||
Maori āta | ||
Marathi काळजीपूर्वक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯛꯁꯤꯟꯅ | ||
Mizo fimkhur takin | ||
Mongolian анхааралтай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဂရုတစိုက် | ||
Nepali ध्यान दिएर | ||
Norwegian nøye | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mosamala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯତ୍ନର ସହିତ | | ||
Oromo eeggannoodhaan | ||
Pashto په احتياط سره | ||
Persian با دقت | ||
Polish ostrożnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cuidadosamente | ||
Punjabi ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ | ||
Quechua allin qaway | ||
Romanian cu grija | ||
Russian внимательно | ||
Samoan faʻaeteete | ||
Sanskrit ध्यानपूर्वक | ||
Scots Gaelic gu faiceallach | ||
Sepedi ka tlhokomelo | ||
Serbian пажљиво | ||
Sesotho ka hloko | ||
Shona nokungwarira | ||
Sindhi هوشياري سان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රවේශමෙන් | ||
Slovak opatrne | ||
Slovenian previdno | ||
Somali si taxaddar leh | ||
Spanish cuidadosamente | ||
Sundanese taliti | ||
Swahili kwa uangalifu | ||
Swedish försiktigt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) maingat | ||
Tajik бодиққат | ||
Tamil கவனமாக | ||
Tatar игътибар белән | ||
Telugu జాగ్రత్తగా | ||
Thai อย่างระมัดระวัง | ||
Tigrinya ብጥንቃቐ | ||
Tsonga vukheta | ||
Turkish dikkatli | ||
Turkmen seresaplylyk bilen | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ yie | ||
Ukrainian обережно | ||
Urdu احتیاط سے | ||
Uyghur ئەستايىدىللىق بىلەن | ||
Uzbek ehtiyotkorlik bilan | ||
Vietnamese cẩn thận | ||
Welsh yn ofalus | ||
Xhosa ngononophelo | ||
Yiddish קערפאַלי | ||
Yoruba fara | ||
Zulu ngokucophelela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Versigtig shares its roots with the word "vorsichtig" from German, meaning "cautious". |
| Albanian | "Me kujdes" is a phrase that originates from the Albanian word "kujdes," meaning "care," and is often used to emphasize the importance of paying attention to something or doing it with great care. |
| Amharic | The word "በጥንቃቄ" comes from the verb "ጠነቀቀ" which means "to watch, to guard". |
| Arabic | The word "بحرص" also refers to the Arabic proverb: "حرص" which can be translated as "prevention is better than cure." |
| Armenian | The term "ուշադիր" can refer to both "attentive" and "mindful" in Armenian, and is thought to have originated from two Persian root words.} |
| Azerbaijani | Diqqətlə can mean both "carefully" and "exactly" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Kontu handiz can also mean "on account of" |
| Belarusian | The word "асцярожна" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *osterožьnъ, meaning "careful, cautious, prudent". The word has several alternate meanings, including "cautious", "prudent", "discreet", and "wary". |
| Bengali | সাবধানে originated from Sanskrit, where its root 'su' means 'good' and 'avdhana' means 'mind' or 'attention'. Hence, it literally means 'with good mind'. |
| Bosnian | The word "pažljivo" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *paziti, meaning "to guard" or "to keep an eye on". |
| Bulgarian | The root "вним" in "внимателно" also denotes the act of being careful. |
| Catalan | The word "amb cura" can also mean "with care" or "cautiously" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pag-ayo" can also mean "health" or "treatment", which is similar to the Indonesian word "pengobatan". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 小心 (xiǎoxīn) literally means "small heart" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小心 is a combination of 小 (small) and 心 (heart, mind), and is often used as an expression of caution, warning, or attention to detail. |
| Corsican | "Cun primura" derives from Latin "primus" and "mura" (wall), hence its original meaning was “with the caution of the first man who builds a wall”. |
| Croatian | "Pažljivo" comes from the Proto-Slavic verb "pāziti" meaning "to guard" or "to take care of". |
| Czech | The word "opatrně" comes from the Old Czech word "opatrovati", meaning "to watch over" or "to protect". |
| Danish | "Omhyggeligt" originally meant "with a sense of guilt" |
| Dutch | Voorzichtig (carefully) is derived from the Proto-Germanic *fōri-sigijaną, meaning 'to look before oneself' or 'to be on the lookout'. |
| Esperanto | The word "zorge" comes from the German word "sorgen", which means "to care". |
| Estonian | The word "hoolikalt" in Estonian is derived from the word "hoole", meaning "care" or "attention", and the suffix "-kalt", which denotes a manner or way of doing something. |
| Finnish | The word "huolellisesti" derives from the word "huoli" meaning "care". |
| French | "Soigneusement" is the adverbial form of "soigner," which, in addition to meaning "to take care of," can also mean "to heal" or "to tend to". |
| Frisian | There are two etymologies, one from the combination of "for" and "sichtich" and another from "vorsichtich" in German. |
| Galician | "Coidadosamente" comes from the Latin "cogitatio" (thought, idea), thus relating to the careful examination of something. |
| German | "Vorsichtig" is derived from the Middle High German "vorsëhen", meaning "to look ahead" or "to provide". |
| Greek | The Greek word "προσεκτικά" is formed by the preposition "προς" (towards) or the prefix "προ-" (before) combined with the verb "οράω" (see), and can also mean "closely" or "attentively" |
| Gujarati | "કાળજીપૂર્વક" (carefully) is derived from the word "કાળજી" (care) and means "with care". It can also be interpreted as "thinking about the future consequences". |
| Haitian Creole | The phrase "ak anpil atansyon" in Haitian Creole has an alternate meaning of "meticulously" or "with great attention to detail". |
| Hausa | The word `a hankali` can also mean `with difficulty` or `by stealth` in Hausa, depending on the context. |
| Hawaiian | Akahele is also the name of a traditional kapa (bark cloth) design inspired by the scales of a sea turtle. |
| Hebrew | "בקפידה" is also the modern Hebrew translation of "meticulously". |
| Hindi | The word "सावधानी से" is derived from the Sanskrit words "साविधान" (sāvidhāna) meaning "with care" and "सावधान" (sāvadhāna) meaning "alert, vigilant". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kom zoo zoo" is a reduplication of the word "kom," which means "to do" or "to make." |
| Hungarian | Etymology: "gondosság" (carefulness) + "-an" (manner suffix) = gondosan (carefully) |
| Icelandic | The word "vandlega" is derived from the Old Norse word "vandr," which means "careful" or "prudent." |
| Igbo | The term 'jiri nlezianya' may also be used to denote 'slowly'. |
| Indonesian | 'Hati-hati' is a borrowing from Portuguese 'cuidado', meaning 'care', and originally entered Indonesian from Malay. |
| Irish | "Go cúramach," a phrase meaning "carefully" in Irish, literally translates to "go with care," underscoring the significance of caution and attentiveness. |
| Italian | The Italian word "accuratamente" derives from the Latin "accurare," meaning "to take care of," and also means "precisely" or "diligently." |
| Japanese | The word "慎重に" also means "deliberately" or "prudently". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "kanthi tliti" can also mean "completely" or "thoroughly." |
| Kazakh | "Мукыят" в казахском означает также "тщательно, досконально, подробно" |
| Korean | "조심스럽게" can also mean "gingerly". |
| Kurdish | The phrase "bi baldarî" is also said to have originated in the time of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah because he would be so picky that his food tasters had to check for any poison "bi-baldi", which gave name to this proverb. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "кылдаттык менен" (carefully) is derived from the word "кылдат" (hair), referring to the level of precision and attention to detail similar to examining each individual hair. |
| Latin | The Latin word "sollicite" can also mean "anxiously" or "with great care". |
| Latvian | Latvian "uzmanīgi" has a secondary meaning in the context of folk songs: "sadly". |
| Lithuanian | "Atsargiai" (carefully) comes from the Proto-Slavic word for "to be aware of" or "to take precautions." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "virsiichteg" can also mean "considerate" or "thoughtful". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "внимателно" means "carefully," "attentively," or "mindfully." |
| Malagasy | The word "tsara" may also mean "good" or "beautiful" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The phrase "dengan berhati-hati" is the Indonesian version of "carefully" and is commonly used to express caution or prudence in a situation. |
| Maltese | The word "b'attenzjoni" is also used in Maltese to mean "attention" or "mindfulness". |
| Maori | The word "āta" in Maori, meaning "carefully," also refers to a sacred ritual chant performed over the sick or dying. |
| Marathi | The word "काळजीपूर्वक" is derived from the Sanskrit word "कालेज" meaning "time" and "पूर्वक" meaning "before". It therefore literally means "before time" and implies the idea of planning and forethought. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'анхааралтай' ('carefully') is derived from the verb 'анхаарах' ('to pay attention', 'to be mindful') and the suffix '-тай', which indicates a state or quality. |
| Nepali | Dhyan diye is a compound word in Nepali that literally means 'giving attention' or 'paying attention'. |
| Norwegian | Norwegian "nøye" is likely related to Swedish "noga", and both possibly derive from Old Norse "nauðr", meaning "necessity". The word thus implies a "necessity to do something correctly". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | 'Mosamala' is derived from the verb 'samala', meaning 'to watch over or guard', and is used to describe actions performed with attention and care. |
| Pashto | The word "په احتياط سره" (carefully) in Pashto literally means "with caution or care". |
| Persian | با دقت literally means 'with accuracy' in Persian, and it can also mean 'with care'. |
| Polish | The word "ostrożnie" is derived from the Old Polish word "ostrożny", which means "cautious" or "prudent". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cuidadosamente" is likely related to the Old Portuguese word "cuidado" (care). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ" (dhyaan nāl) translates to "carefully" in English, and can also mean "with attention" or "with mindfulness". |
| Romanian | "Cu grija" comes from Latin "cum cura" and it initially referred to medical precautions. |
| Russian | Внимательно means 'carefully', but it also has alternate meanings such as 'closely' or 'attentively' |
| Samoan | The word "faʻaeteete" can also mean "deliberately" or "intentionally". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "пажљиво" is derived from the Slavic word "pažiti", meaning "to watch over". It also has the alternate meaning of "attentively" or "considerately". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ප්රවේශමෙන්" (carefully) is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रविष्ट" (to enter), and also means "with permission" or "in a controlled manner". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "opatrne" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *opatrъti, meaning "to care for", indicating its historical association with taking precautions and being attentive to one's actions. |
| Slovenian | The word "previdno" in Slovenian derives from the Proto-Slavic word "prědъ", meaning "before" or "in front of", and the suffix "-no", indicating "worthy of attention". |
| Somali | The word "si taxaddar leh" can also mean "to be cautious" or "to be wary". |
| Spanish | "Cuidadosamente" is derived from the Latin word "cura," which means "care" or "attention." |
| Sundanese | "Taliti" is also used to refer to being meticulous or thoughtful, in a way that is beyond the realm of physical actions. |
| Swahili | kwa uangalifu derives from the Swahili words "kwa", meaning "with," and "uangalifu", meaning "attention or caution." |
| Swedish | The word "försiktigt" can also mean "discreetly" or "prudently". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Maingat" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*ma-ingat," meaning "watch" or "be aware of." |
| Tajik | The word "бодиққат" in Tajik comes from the Persian word "بدقت" (bedaghat), meaning "accurateness" or "precision". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கவனமாக" (kavinamāka) means "attentively," "mindfully," or "with great care and attention."} |
| Thai | อย่างระมัดระวัง means "carefully," but the word "ระมัดระวัง" can also mean "watch out" or "beware." |
| Turkish | The word "dikkatli" comes from the Persian word "dikkat", meaning "attention" or "caution". |
| Ukrainian | "Обережно" is derived from the verb "берегти" (to protect), implying cautiousness to avoid harm. |
| Urdu | The word "احتیاط سے" is derived from the Arabic word "احتياط" which means "caution" or "precaution." |
| Uzbek | Ehtiyotkorlik bilan may also mean "with care" or "vigilantly" |
| Vietnamese | The word "cẩn thận" can also mean "cautiously" or "prudently" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh "yn ofalus" derives from the word "ofal", which means "diligent" or "careful" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Celtic word "*ɸalos" with the same meaning. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the adverb 'ngononophelo' also means 'slowly and gradually'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word קערפאַלי ultimately derives from the Hebrew verb כָּרַף meaning "to cut" (e.g. like carving wood) |
| Yoruba | "Fara" in Yoruba also signifies being cautious, astute, or prudent. |
| Zulu | 'Ngokucophelela' means 'diligently, cautiously, attentively' or 'punctually' in Zulu. |
| English | Ultimately derived from the Latin 'carus' meaning 'dear,' 'carefully' developed via Old French 'chier' to Middle English 'carien,' meaning 'to cherish.' |