cuidar
transitive verb
1 (atender) [+familia, jardín, edificio] to look after; take care of; [+rebaño] to tend
las personas que deciden quedarse en casa y cuidar a sus hijos people who decide to stay at home and look after their children; se dedica a cuidar niños por las noches she does baby-sitting in the evenings; una organización que cuida a los huérfanos de guerra an organization caring for orphans of war
2 (preocuparse por) [+muebles, propiedades, entorno, salud] to look after; take care of
no cuidan nada la casa they don't look after the house at all; they don't take any care of the house
se preocupa mucho de cuidar la línea she watches her figure very carefully
3 (poner atención en) [+detalles, ortografía] to pay attention to; take care over
en ese restaurante cuidan mucho los detalles they pay great attention to detail o take great care over the details in that restaurant; el director cuidó al máximo la puesta en escena de la obra the director took the greatest care over the production of the play; cuida mucho su imagen liberal she carefully cultivates her liberal image
intransitive verb
1
cuidar de to look after; take care of
¿quién cuidará de ti? who will look after you?; who will take care of you?
cuidar de hacer algo to take care to do sth
siempre cuidaba de mantener el termo lleno de agua caliente he always took care to keep the thermos full of hot water
cuide de no caer careful you don't fall
cuidar de que to make sure that
cuide de que no pase nadie make sure nobody gets in; cuidó de que todo saliera bien he made sure that everything went smoothly
pronominal verb
cuidarse1 [+persona] to look after o.s.; take care of o.s.
desde que se quedó viudo ha dejado de cuidarse since he lost his wife he hasn't been looking after himself properly o taking proper care of himself; se cuida mucho she takes good care of herself
¡cómo te cuidas! you do know how to look after yourself well!
¡cuídate! (al despedirse) take care!
2
cuidarse de algo (encargarse) to take care of sth; (preocuparse) to worry about sth
los organizadores se cuidan del alojamiento y las comidas the organizers take care of accommodation and meals; no se cuida del qué dirán she doesn't worry about what people think
cuidarse de hacer algo to be careful to do sth; take care to do sth
todos se cuidan de no ser los primeros en hacerlo everyone is careful not to o takes care not to be the first to do it
cuidarse muy mucho de hacer algo to take good o great care to do sth