cuidadoso

adj.

careful, heedful, mindful, cautious.

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cuidadoso

► adjetivo

1 (atento) careful

2 (celoso) cautious

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(f. - cuidadosa)

adj.

careful

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ADJ

1) (=atento) [persona, observación, estrategia] careful

es muy cuidadoso con sus cosas — he's very careful with his things

es muy cuidadoso de su aseo personal — he takes a lot of care over his personal hygiene

2) (=prudente) careful

hay que ser cuidadoso con gente así — you have to be careful with people like that

3) (=solícito) attentive

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-sa adjetivo

a) <persona> careful

eres poco cuidadoso — you don't look after things

cuidadoso con algo — careful with something

b) <búsqueda/investigación> careful, thorough

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= careful, thoughtful, delicate, scrupulous, parsimonious, fastidious.

Ex. The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.

Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex. Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.

Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.

Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

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-sa adjetivo

a) <persona> careful

eres poco cuidadoso — you don't look after things

cuidadoso con algo — careful with something

b) <búsqueda/investigación> careful, thorough

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= careful, thoughtful, delicate, scrupulous, parsimonious, fastidious.

Ex: The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.

Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex: Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.

Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.

Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

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cuidadoso -sa

adjective

1 ‹persona› careful

no te lo presto porque eres muy poco cuidadoso I'm not going to lend it to you because you don't look after things

cuidadoso CON algo careful WITH sth

tienes que ser más cuidadoso con tus juguetes you have to be more careful with your toys, you have to take better care of your toys o look after your toys better

cuidadoso DE algo:

es muy cuidadoso de su apariencia he takes great care over his appearance

es muy cuidadoso de los detalles he pays great attention to detail

2 ‹búsqueda/investigación› careful, thorough

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cuidadoso

◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹persona› careful;

cuidadoso con algo careful with sth

b) ‹búsqueda/investigación› careful, thorough

cuidadoso,-a adjetivo careful
'cuidadoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
celosa
- celoso
- chapucera
- chapucero
- cuidadosa
- descuidada
- descuidado
- escrutinio
- responsable
English:
careful
- close
- bear
- thorough

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cuidadoso, -a adj

careful;

es muy cuidadosa con lo que hace she's very careful o takes a lot of care in what she does;

sé muy cuidadoso con lo que dices be very careful what you say, you'd better watch what you say;

es muy poco cuidadoso he's very careless, he doesn't take much care

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cuidadoso

adj careful

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cuidadoso, -sa adj

: careful, attentive

♦ cuidadosamente adv

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cuidadoso adj careful