descuidarse

descuidarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (no tener cuidado) to be careless

■ se descuidó y se perdió he was careless and got lost

■ como te descuides, te vas a mojar los pies if you don't look out, you're going to get your feet wet

2 (no arreglarse) to neglect oneself, let oneself go

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to drop one's guard

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VPR

1) (=no prestar atención) to be careless

descuidarse de algo — not to bother about sth

descuidarse de hacer algo — not to bother to do sth, neglect to do sth

2) (=desprevenirse) to drop one's guard

si te descuidas, como te descuides — if you don't watch out

a poco que te descuides te cobran el doble — you've got to watch them all the time or they'll charge you double

a poco que te descuides ya no está — before you know where you are it's gone

en cuanto me descuidé me lo robaron — the moment I dropped my guard o stopped watching out they stole it from me

3) (=abandonarse) to let o.s. go

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(v.) = go to + seed

Ex. She berated him for having 'gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.

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(v.) = go to + seed

Ex: She berated him for having 'gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.

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■descuidarse verbo reflexivo
1 (distraerse, perder la atención) to be careless: si me descuido me cierran la biblioteca, if I don't watch out the library will close on me
2 (prestar poco cuidado al aspecto) to let oneself go: se ha descuidado mucho últimamente, she's really let herself go recently
'descuidarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonarse
- confiarse
- dejar
- descuidar
- distraer
- dormir

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vpr

1. [abandonarse] to neglect one's appearance, to let oneself go

2. [despistarse] not to be careful, to be careless;

me descuidé un instante y se me fue la bici a la cuneta I let my attention wander for an instant and the bicycle went into the ditch;

como te descuides, ya no hay entradas if you're not careful there won't be any tickets left;

no te puedes descuidarse ni un momento you've got to be alert all the time, you can't let your attention wander for a second;

como me descuide, llegaré tarde al examen if I'm not careful, I'll be late for the exam

3. Comp

en cuanto te descuidas, se pone a llover it rains all the time;

en cuanto te descuidas se pone a cantar he'll break into song at the drop of a hat

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descuidarse

v/r

1 get careless

2 en cuanto al aseo let o.s. go

3 (despistarse) let one’s concentration lapse

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vr

1) : to be careless, to drop one's guard

2) : to let oneself go

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descuidarse vb (despistarse) not to be careful / not to watch out

como te descuides, te quitan la cartera if you're not careful, they'll take your wallet