cauto

cauto
adj.
cautious, careful, prudent, cagey.
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cauto
► adjetivo
1 cautious, wary
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(f. - cauta)
adj.
cautious
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ADJ cautious, wary, careful
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-ta adjetivo careful, cautious
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= cautious, wary [warier -comp., wariest -sup.], canny, gun-shy, circumspect, guarded.
Ex. The result of knowledge gleaned from libraries is to make men not violent revolutionists, but cautious evolutionists; not destroyers, but careful improvers.
Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
Ex. The article is entitled 'Wresting money from the canny Scotsman: Melvil Dewey's designs on Carnegie's millions, 1902-1906'.
Ex. The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.
Ex. It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
Ex. Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.
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-ta adjetivo careful, cautious
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= cautious, wary [warier -comp., wariest -sup.], canny, gun-shy, circumspect, guarded.

Ex: The result of knowledge gleaned from libraries is to make men not violent revolutionists, but cautious evolutionists; not destroyers, but careful improvers.

Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Wresting money from the canny Scotsman: Melvil Dewey's designs on Carnegie's millions, 1902-1906'.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.
Ex: It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
Ex: Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.

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cauto -ta
adjective
careful, cautious
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cauto
◊ -ta adjetivo

careful, cautious
cauto,-a adjetivo cautious, wary

'cauto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cauta
- diplomática
- diplomático
- incauta
- incauto
- prudente
English:
cautious
- guarded
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cauto, -a adj
cautious, careful
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cauto
adj cautious
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cauto, -ta adj
: cautious, careful

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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  • cauto — cauto, ta adjetivo precavido, previsor, prudente, circunspecto, sagaz, astuto, discreto. ≠ imprudente, sincero, ingenuo. * * …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

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  • cauto — adj Que es prudente y cuidadoso en sus acciones o que se comporta así en cierta situación: Sea cauto al conducir , un hombre cauto …   Español en México

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