take care third-person singular simple present takes care present participle taking care simple past took care past participle taken care
( intransitive ) cautious , careful or prudent .
1996 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 crosswalkTake care that you don't fall!Care should be taken to close it securely.( intransitive ) mind , or be in charge of something.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 ( 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
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
take care
( when leaving ) good-bye (literally, take care of yourself )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 )
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 sköt om er
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 )