Meanings
verbtake care (third-person singular simple present takes care, present participle taking care, simple past took care, past participle taken care)
present singular third person takes care · participle present taking care · past took care · participle past taken care
- intransitiveTo be cautious, careful or prudent.
Take care that you don't fall!
3 more examples
Take care when you’re crossing the crosswalk.
Care should be taken to close it securely.
Folks with outside contacts are less likely to be singled out by staff for serious abuse. While the staff may have no fear of the inmate, they are more likely to take care if there is any chance that an outside free person might hear about the abuse.
1996 September, V. Maulsby, “The Importance of Outside Commnication to the Transgendered Inmate”, in Gay Community News, page 31
interjection
- when leavinggood-bye (literally, take care of yourself)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تَوَخَّى اَلْحِذْر
- تَوَخَّى اَلْحِذْر (tawaḵḵā l-ḥiḏr)be cautious, careful
Bengali খেয়াল রাখবেন
- খেয়াল রাখবেন (kheẏal rakhben)to be in charge of something
Bulgarian късме́т!
- късме́т! (kăsmét!)good-bye
Catalan tenir cura
- tenir curabe cautious, careful
Chinese Cantonese 保重
- 保重 (bou² zung⁶)good-bye
Chinese Mandarin 小心, 當心 /当心
- 小心 (xiǎoxīn)be cautious, careful
- 當心 /当心 (dāngxīn)be cautious, careful
- 照顧 /照顾 (zhàogù)to be in charge of something
- 好走 (hǎozǒu)good-bye
- 小心 (xiǎoxīn)good-bye
- 保重 (bǎozhòng)good-bye
Czech opatruj se
- opatruj segood-bye
Dutch zorgen, hou je haaks
- zorgento be in charge of something
- hou je haaksgood-bye
- het ga je goedgood-bye
Esperanto zorgi
- zorgibe cautious, careful
Finnish varoa, huolehtia
- varoabe cautious, careful
- huolehtiato be in charge of something
- pidä huolta itsestäsigood-bye
French se soucier, faire attention
- se soucierbe cautious, careful
- faire attentionbe cautious, careful
- prendre sointo be in charge of something
- prenez soin de vousgood-bye
- prends soin de toigood-bye
German achtgeben, aufpassen
- achtgebenbe cautious, careful
- aufpassenbe cautious, careful
- kümmernto be in charge of something
- sorgento be in charge of something
- pass auf dich aufgood-bye
- mach's gutgood-bye
Hindi ध्यान रखना, ख़याल रखना
- ध्यान रखना (dhyān rakhnā)to be in charge of something
- ख़याल रखना (xayāl rakhnā)to be in charge of something
Hungarian vigyáz (magára), vigyáz
- vigyáz (magára)be cautious, careful
- vigyázto be in charge of something
- vigyázz magadragood-bye
- vigyázzon magáragood-bye
Irish tabhair aire duit féin, tabhair aire daoibh féin
- tabhair aire duit féingood-bye
- tabhair aire daoibh féingood-bye
Italian curarsi, occuparsi
- curarsito be in charge of something
- occuparsito be in charge of something
- badareto be in charge of something
Japanese 気を付ける, 世話をする
- 気を付ける (ki o tsukeru)be cautious, careful
- 世話をする (sewa o suru)to be in charge of something
- 大切にしてください (taisetsu ni shite kudasai)good-bye
- 気をつけて下さい (ki o tsukete kudasai)good-bye
- お大事に (o-daiji ni)good-bye
Korean 몸 조심하십시오, 몸조리 잘하십시오
- 몸 조심하십시오 (mom josimhasipsio)good-bye
- 몸조리 잘하십시오 (momjori jalhasipsio)good-bye
- 몸 조심하세요 (mom josimhaseyo)good-bye
- 몸조리 잘하세요 (momjori jalhaseyo)good-bye
- 몸 조심해 (mom josimhae)good-bye
- 몸조리 잘해 (momjori jalhae)good-bye
Latin curo, caveo
- curobe cautious, careful
- caveobe cautious, careful
- accurobe cautious, careful
- curoto be in charge of something
- caveoto be in charge of something
- accuroto be in charge of something
- curagood-bye
- curategood-bye
- cavegood-bye
- cavetegood-bye
Polish uważać, zadbać
- uważaćbe cautious, careful
- zadbaćto be in charge of something
- trzymaj sięgood-bye
Portuguese ter cuidado, tomar cuidado
- ter cuidadobe cautious, careful
- tomar cuidadobe cautious, careful
- cuidar deto be in charge of something
- se cuidagood-bye
Russian бере́чься, быть осторо́жным
- бере́чься (beréčʹsja)be cautious, careful
- быть осторо́жным (bytʹ ostoróžnym)be cautious, careful
- забо́титься (zabótitʹsja)to be in charge of something
- бу́дьте здоро́вы (búdʹte zdoróvy)good-bye
- будь здоро́в (budʹ zdoróv)good-bye
- будь здоро́ва (budʹ zdoróva)good-bye
- береги́те себя́ (beregíte sebjá)good-bye
- береги́ себя́ (beregí sebjá)good-bye
Spanish tener cuidado, cuidar de
- tener cuidadobe cautious, careful
- cuidar debe cautious, careful
- cuidar de / abe cautious, careful
- cuidarse a / por sí mismobe cautious, careful
- valersebe cautious, careful
- hacerse cargoto be in charge of something
- ocuparse deto be in charge of something
- cuidarto be in charge of something
- ten cuidadogood-bye
- cuídategood-bye
- cuídesegood-bye
Swahili linda, linda
- lindabe cautious, careful
- lindato be in charge of something
Swedish akta sig, sköt om dig
- akta sigbe cautious, careful
- sköt om diggood-bye
- sköt om ergood-bye
Tagalog ingatan, alagaan
- ingatanbe cautious, careful
- alagaanto be in charge of something
- ingatgood-bye
Turkish kendine iyi bak, kendinize iyi bakın
- kendine iyi bakgood-bye
- kendinize iyi bakıngood-bye
Ukrainian бережи́сь, будь оба́чним
- бережи́сь (berežýsʹ)be cautious, careful
- будь оба́чним (budʹ obáčnym)be cautious, careful
- обере́жно (oberéžno)be cautious, careful
- бува́йте здоро́ві (buvájte zdoróvi)good-bye
- бува́й здоро́вий (buváj zdoróvyj)good-bye
- бува́й здоро́в (buváj zdoróv)good-bye
- бува́й здоро́ва (buváj zdoróva)good-bye
- бережі́ть себе́ (berežítʹ sebé)good-bye
- бережи́ себе́ (berežý sebé)good-bye
- пока́ (poká)good-bye
- щасли́во (ščaslývo)good-bye
Urdu خیال رکھنا, اپنا خیال رکھنا
- خیال رکھنا (xayāl rakhnā)to be in charge of something
- اپنا خیال رکھنا (apnā xayāl rakhnā)good-bye
- اپنا خیال رکھیے گا (apnā xayāl rakhi'ye gā)good-bye
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APA
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“take care.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20care. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take care,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20care.
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