- cautela
- intj.caution.f.caution, cautiousness.con cautela cautiouslypres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cautelar.* * *cautela► nombre femenino1 caution, cautiousness■ tuvo la cautela de cerrar la puerta he took the precaution of locking the door\FRASEOLOGÍAcon cautela cautiously* * *noun f.caution* * *SF1) (=cuidado) caution, wariness
con mucha cautela — very cautiously
tener la cautela de hacer algo — to take the precaution of doing sth
2) pey (=astucia) cunning* * *femenino caution* * *= caution, cautiousness, circumspection, wariness.Ex. The project is being undertaken with caution.Ex. She closed the door as he had said, not knowing what this cautiousness foreshadowed.Ex. Others would be well advised to treat such enquiries with circumspection.Ex. Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.----* actuar con cautela = play it + safe.* con cautela = cautiously, warily, with a grain of salt.* obrar con cautela = play it + safe.* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.* * *femenino caution* * *= caution, cautiousness, circumspection, wariness.Ex: The project is being undertaken with caution.
Ex: She closed the door as he had said, not knowing what this cautiousness foreshadowed.Ex: Others would be well advised to treat such enquiries with circumspection.Ex: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.* actuar con cautela = play it + safe.* con cautela = cautiously, warily, with a grain of salt.* obrar con cautela = play it + safe.* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.* * *cautelafemininecautionobrar con cautela to act with caution o cautiously* * *
cautela sustantivo femenino
caution;◊ con cautela cautiously
cautela sustantivo femenino caution: hice la pregunta con mucha cautela, I put the question cautiously
'cautela' also found in these entries:
English:
caution
- cautiously
- gingerly
- prudence
- stealthiness
- unwariness
- wariness
- reserve
- warily
* * *cautela nfcaution, cautiousness;obrar con cautela to act cautiously* * *cautelaf caution;con cautela cautiously* * *cautela nf: caution, prudence* * *cautela n caution
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.