care

Etymology 1
From, from , , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related also to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  Grief, sorrow. 1
 * 2) Close attention; concern; responsibility.
 * 3)  Worry.
 * 4)  Maintenance, upkeep.
 * 5)  The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
 * 6)  The state of being cared for by others.
 * 7) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
 * 1)  Worry.
 * 2)  Maintenance, upkeep.
 * 3)  The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
 * 4)  The state of being cared for by others.
 * 5) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
 * 1)  The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
 * 2)  The state of being cared for by others.
 * 3) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
 * 1)  The state of being cared for by others.
 * 2) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
 * 1) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Quotations

 * 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
 * ‘Have a care, Buquet—ghosts like not to be seen or talked about!’

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: اِهْتِمَام
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: кло́пат, турбо́та
 * Bengali:, এহতেমাম
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forsigtighed, omtanke, omsorg
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: cudio, coido,, gabexo, femenza, , cadillo,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπιμέλεια
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 気にかける
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئاگا
 * Ladino: kudio
 * Latgalian: ryupestis, ryupeste, klopotys
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: rūpe, gādība, gādīgums, rūpība, rūpīgums
 * Macedonian: грижа
 * Malayalam: ഉത്തരവാദിത്തം,
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: ġīeme
 * Ottoman Turkish: دقت, بال
 * Plautdietsch: Hutt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: aire, suim
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: opatrnosť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: pakialam
 * Tocharian B: snauki
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: турбо́та
 * Zazaki: itimad


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: кло́пат, непако́й, неспако́й, турбо́та
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: bekymring
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μέριμνα
 * Irish: sníomh
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: rūpe
 * Norwegian: nennsomhet
 * Old English: caru
 * Plautdietsch: Sorj
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: турбо́та, турбо́та, неспокі́й
 * Zazaki: qaxu
 * Zulu: ukukhatazeka


 * Bengali:
 * Danish: vedligehold
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπιμέλεια
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, zbrinjavanje
 * Slovak: starostlivosť
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: timar


 * Arabic: عِنَايَة, رِعَايَة
 * Moroccan Arabic: رعاية
 * Belarusian: турбо́та, до́гляд, апе́ка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: omsorg, pleje
 * Esperanto: flegado
 * Finnish:, , , hoivatyö, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπιμέλια
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cúram, cúraimí
 * Kazakh: күтім
 * Latin:, , cūrātiō
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, omsorg
 * Nynorsk: pleie, omsorg
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, zbrinjavanje
 * Slovak: starostlivosť
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pag-iingat
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: турбо́та, до́гляд
 * Zazaki: tedawi


 * Danish: pleje
 * Finnish: huosta,
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Latin:, , cūrātiō
 * Malay:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, zbrinjavanje
 * Slovak: starostlivosť
 * Swedish:


 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Old English:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovene: ,

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, archaic 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)   To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
 * 2)  To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
 * 3)  For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
 * 4)  (with for) To look after or look out for.
 * 5)  To mind; to object.
 * 1)  To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
 * 2)  For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
 * 3)  (with for) To look after or look out for.
 * 4)  To mind; to object.
 * 1)  For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
 * 2)  (with for) To look after or look out for.
 * 3)  To mind; to object.
 * 1)  (with for) To look after or look out for.
 * 2)  To mind; to object.
 * 1)  To mind; to object.
 * 1)  To mind; to object.

Usage notes

 * The sense “to want” is most commonly found as an interrogative or negative sentence, and may take a for clause (would you care for some tea?) or (as a catenative verb) takes a to infinitive (would you care to go with me?). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
 * In the sense “to be concerned about”, care may idiomatically take a figurative amount as a direct object, as in the fixed phrase (equivalent to ), or care one whit.

Translations

 * Arabic: اهتم
 * Egyptian Arabic: اهتم
 * Azerbaijani: vecinə olmaq, vecinə almaq,
 * Belarusian: турбава́цца
 * Bulgarian: интересувам се
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, starat
 * Dutch: geven (om)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: huvitama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽, 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φροντίζω
 * Hungarian: (about the subject),  (about the object)
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: is miste do
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 気にかける
 * Korean: 상관하다,
 * Latin:, pertineor
 * Malay: peduli
 * Ngazidja Comorian: shuhuliha
 * Old English: rēċan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: preocupar-se, importar-se,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: zaujímať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: umrunda olmak,
 * Ukrainian: турбува́тися, догляда́ти
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: اهتم
 * Aromanian: cãshtighedzu, frundisescu
 * Azerbaijani:, qayğı göstərmək,
 * Belarusian: дбаць, клапаці́цца
 * Bulgarian: грижа се
 * Catalan: tenir cura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: mālama
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 面倒を見る,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin:, tueor
 * Malay: menjaga
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Slovak: starať sa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: турбува́тися, догляда́ти,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Zazaki: eleqedar biyen


 * Bulgarian: грижа се, грижа се, безпокоя се
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Polish: ,
 * Swedish: (sig om)
 * Thai: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:,  ;
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:


 * Indonesian:,  ,  , , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ,
 * Mandarin:, , , 1
 * Old English:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene:
 * Vietnamese:  (1, 3),  ,

Adverb

 * 1) at a high price

Etymology
From, , from , from. See Modern for more.

Noun

 * 1) grief; sorrow 1

Etymology 1
. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬,,.

Determiner

 * 1) which

Pronoun

 * 1) which, that, who