Meanings
interjection
- Used to warn someone to proceed with caution.
Translations
Basque kontu egin
- kontu eginproceed with caution
Catalan vagin amb compte, aneu amb compte
- vagin amb compteproceed with caution
- aneu amb compteproceed with caution
- vés amb compteproceed with caution
Chinese Cantonese 小心, 好聲 /好声
- 小心 (siu² sam¹)proceed with caution
- 好聲 /好声 (hou² seng¹)proceed with caution
Chinese Mandarin 小心
- 小心 (xiǎoxīn)proceed with caution
Danish vær forsigtig, pas godt på
- vær forsigtigproceed with caution
- pas godt påproceed with caution
Dutch pas op, kijk uit
- pas opproceed with caution
- kijk uitproceed with caution
- wees voorzichtigproceed with caution
Estonian olge ettevaatlik, ole ettevaatlik
- olge ettevaatlikproceed with caution
- ole ettevaatlikproceed with caution
Finnish ole varovainen
- ole varovainenproceed with caution
French soyez prudent, soyez prudente
- soyez prudentproceed with caution
- soyez prudenteproceed with caution
- sois prudentproceed with caution
- sois prudenteproceed with caution
German seien Sie vorsichtig, seid vorsichtig
- seien Sie vorsichtigproceed with caution
- seid vorsichtigproceed with caution
- sei vorsichtigproceed with caution
- vorsichtig!proceed with caution
Hebrew היזהר
- היזהר (hizahér)proceed with caution
Hindi संभालो, संभालिए
- संभालो (sambhālo)proceed with caution
- संभालिए (sambhālie)proceed with caution
- ध्यान रखो (dhyān rakho)proceed with caution
- ध्यान रखों (dhyān rakhõ)proceed with caution
- ध्यान रखे (dhyān rakhe)proceed with caution
- ध्यान रखें (dhyān rakhẽ)proceed with caution
- ध्यान रखिए (dhyān rakhie)proceed with caution
Hungarian vigyázzon, vigyázz
- vigyázzonproceed with caution
- vigyázzproceed with caution
- vigyázzanakproceed with caution
- vigyázzatokproceed with caution
- legyen óvatosproceed with caution
- légy óvatosproceed with caution
- legyenek óvatosakproceed with caution
- legyetek óvatosakproceed with caution
Indonesian hati-hati, awas
- hati-hatiproceed with caution
- awasproceed with caution
Irish fainic, seachain
- fainicproceed with caution
- seachainproceed with caution
- tabhair aireproceed with caution
Italian attento, stai attento
- attentoproceed with caution
- stai attentoproceed with caution
- procedi con cautelaproceed with caution
- fare attenzioneproceed with caution
Japanese 注意して（ください）, 気を付けて（ください）
- 注意して（ください）proceed with caution
- 気を付けて（ください）proceed with caution
Korean 조심하십시오, 조심하세요
- 조심하십시오 (josimhasipsio)proceed with caution
- 조심하세요 (josimhaseyo)proceed with caution
- 조심해 (josimhae)proceed with caution
Persian بپا
- بپاproceed with caution
Polish uważaj na siebie
- uważaj na siebieproceed with caution
Portuguese cuidado, tome cuidado
- cuidadoproceed with caution
- tome cuidadoproceed with caution
Romanian ai grijă, aveți grijă
- ai grijăproceed with caution
- aveți grijăproceed with caution
Russian бу́дьте осторо́жны, будь осторо́жен
- бу́дьте осторо́жны (búdʹte ostoróžny)proceed with caution
- будь осторо́жен (budʹ ostoróžen)proceed with caution
- будь осторо́жна (budʹ ostoróžna)proceed with caution
- осторо́жно (ostoróžno)proceed with caution
Spanish aguas, ten cuidado
- aguasproceed with caution
- ten cuidadoproceed with caution
- cuidadoproceed with caution
Swedish Ta det försiktigt
- Ta det försiktigtproceed with caution
Tagalog ingat
- ingatproceed with caution
Urdu دھیان سے, سنبھال کے
- دھیان سے (dhyān se)proceed with caution
- سنبھال کے (sambhāl ke)proceed with caution
- محطات رہنا (muhtāt rahnā)proceed with caution
Vietnamese cẩn thận
- cẩn thậnproceed with caution
Welsh gofala, gofalwch
- gofalaproceed with caution
- gofalwchproceed with caution
- gan bwyllproceed with caution
Cite this entry
APA
be careful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20careful
MLA
“be careful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20careful. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be careful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20careful.
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