Take care and take it easy

Question

can someone help me say in spanish (take care, and take it easy)

please note that it is mandatory on this forum to use correct spelling, grammar, and capitalization in your posts. - - 00494d19, SEP 14, 2009

Answer 1

As for "take care": ¡cuídate!

As for "take it easy": use the dictionary above and type in "easy". It's quite easy

Dictionary says that "take it easy! -> ¡tranquilo!". I have doubts if native speakers would confirm this translation. I think, that it is always better to ask the forum users instead of blindly rely on dictionary. - Maciek071, SEP 13, 2009

Especially when the answer may be equivalent to Don't be anxious or something totally opposite of what you would try looking up. - 0074b507, SEP 14, 2009

Answer 2

Take it easy = relájate

Take care = cuídate

to take it/things easy - tomárselo/tomarse las cosas con calma; take it easy! there’s no need to get upset ¡cálmate! no es para ponerse así

Answer 3

"Tranquilo" cannot be the most proper expression because realise that "take it easy" is a sentence with a verb, not only an adjective. Anyway, it is true that "tranquilo" doen't sound bad. We say: ¡tranquilo!. It is a very colloquial expression.

Anyway, if you want to have a more formal expression and, in addition to that, you want to do the exact translation, you should translate as: relájate, cálmate. Under my point of view, I say "relájate" a lot of times and I use it in colloquial language too.

Answer 4

No one in my side of the world really says "take it easy." That's one of those american english constructions that never jumped over. The most common things are; cuidate, vaya con dios, que el Dios te cuide bien, etc.