cauteloso
Spanish, adjective/kauteˈloso/
cauteloso is a Spanish adjective meaning “cautious, chary, cagey, gingerly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice de alguien que procede con cautela o de una acción hecha con cautela (precaución, reserva, maña)”.
What does cauteloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cautious, chary, cagey, gingerly
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de alguien que procede con cautela o de una acción hecha con cautela (precaución, reserva, maña).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cauteloso
- cautelosa feminine
- cautelosos masculine plural
- cautelosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cauteloso?
- /kauteˈloso/
- [kau̯.t̪eˈlo.so]
- [kawt̪eˈloso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cauteloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cauteloso in Spanish?
cauteloso appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).