cuidado
Portuguese, noun/kujˈda.du/
cuidado is spelled C-U-I-D-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,145th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuidado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “care, caution, precaution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of cuidar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cautela”.
What does cuidado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meditated, thought-out
- 2
planned
interjection
- 1
watch out!
- 2
beware!
- 3
be careful!
noun
- 1
masculinecare, caution, precaution
- 2
masculinefear
verb
- 1
past participle of cuidar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. meditado 2. perfeito 3. bem trabalhado
noun: 1. cautela 2. precaução 3. receio
interjection: 1. cautela!
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuidado
- cuidada feminine
- cuidados masculine plural
- cuidadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuidado?
- Brazil /kujˈda.du/
- Brazil [kuɪ̯ˈda.du]
- Portugal /kujˈda.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuidado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuidado in Portuguese?
cuidado appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).