descuidar

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descuidar
transitive verb
1to neglect (desatender)
intransitive verb
2not to worry (no preocuparse)
  • apaga la luz cuando te marches — descuida -> turn off the light when you leave — don't worry, I will
  • descuida, que yo me encargo -> don't worry, I'll take care of it
descuidarse
pronomial verb
1to neglect one's appearance (abandonarse)
  • descuidarse de algo/de hacer algo -> to neglect something/to do something
2(despistarse)
  • me descuidé un instante y se me fue la bici a la cuneta -> I let my attention wander for an instant and the bicycle went into the ditch
  • como te descuides, ya no hay entradas -> if you're not careful there won't be any tickets left
  • no te puedes descuidar ni un momento -> you've got to be alert all the time
  • en cuanto te descuidas se pone a cantar -> he'll break into song at the drop of a hat

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descuidar [des-coo-e-dar’]
article & verb transitive & verb neuter
1To neglect, to forget, to overlook, to lay aside.
2To relieve from care, to make easy.
3To render careless or indolent; to want attention or diligence.
  • Ha descuidado mucho su negocio -> he has neglected his business a lot
  • A poco que te descuides te cobran el doble -> you’ve got to watch them all the time or they’ll charge you double
verb reflexive
4To be forgetful of duty.
5To make oneself easy.
  • Descuide Ud -> make yourself easy
  • Descuidarse de hacer algo -> not to bother to do something

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descuidar
verbo:transitivo
1 (desatender) [+deberes] to neglect; [+consejo] to disregard
ha descuidado mucho su negocio he has neglected his business a lot
2 (olvidar) to overlook
verbo:intransitivo
(no preocuparse) not to worry
¡descuida! don't worry!; it's all right!; descuida, que yo me encargo de esto don't worry, I'll take care of this
verbo:pronominal
descuidarse
1 (no prestar atención) to be careless
descuidarse de algo not to bother about sth; descuidarse de hacer algo not to bother to do sth; neglect to do sth
2 (desprevenirse) to drop one's guard
si te descuidas como te descuides if you don't watch out
a poco que te descuides te cobran el doble you've got to watch them all the time or they'll charge you double; a poco que te descuides ya no está before you know where you are it's gone; en cuanto me descuidé me lo robaron the moment I dropped my guard stopped watching out they stole it from me;o
3 (abandonarse) to let o.s. go

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Verb Conjugation for "descuidar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo descuido descuidé descuidaba descuidaré descuide
Tú descuidas descuidaste descuidabas descuidarás descuides
Ella/Él/Usted descuida descuidó descuidaba descuidará descuide
Nosotros descuidamos descuidamos descuidábamos descuidaremos descuidemos
Vosotros descuidáis descuidasteis descuidabais descuidaréis descuidéis
Ellos/Ustedes descuidan descuidaron descuidaban descuidarán descuiden
Gerund: descuidando / Participle: descuidado / Complete descuidar conjugation >
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