cautelar
Catalan
Etymology
From cautela (“caution”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cautelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural cautelars)
- precautionary, preventative
- Synonym: preventiu
Further reading
- “cautelar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
From cautela (“caution”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.teˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.teˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaw.teˈla(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.teˈla(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaw.teˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.teˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.teˈla(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.teˈla(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kaw.tɨˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kaw.tɨˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: cau‧te‧lar
Verb
cautelar (first-person singular present cautelo, first-person singular preterite cautelei, past participle cautelado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cautelar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From cautela (“caution”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kauteˈlaɾ/ [kau̯.t̪eˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cau‧te‧lar
Adjective
cautelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural cautelares)
Derived terms
Verb
cautelar (first-person singular present cautelo, first-person singular preterite cautelé, past participle cautelado)
- to guard against, prevent against
- (reflexive, Latin America) to be on guard
Conjugation
Conjugation of cautelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of cautelar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive cautelar | dative | cautelarme | cautelarte | cautelarle, cautelarse | cautelarnos | cautelaros | cautelarles, cautelarse |
| accusative | cautelarme | cautelarte | cautelarlo, cautelarla, cautelarse | cautelarnos | cautelaros | cautelarlos, cautelarlas, cautelarse | |
| with gerund cautelando | dative | cautelándome | cautelándote | cautelándole, cautelándose | cautelándonos | cautelándoos | cautelándoles, cautelándose |
| accusative | cautelándome | cautelándote | cautelándolo, cautelándola, cautelándose | cautelándonos | cautelándoos | cautelándolos, cautelándolas, cautelándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative cautela | dative | cautélame | cautélate | cautélale | cautélanos | not used | cautélales |
| accusative | cautélame | cautélate | cautélalo, cautélala | cautélanos | not used | cautélalos, cautélalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cautelá | dative | cautelame | cautelate | cautelale | cautelanos | not used | cautelales |
| accusative | cautelame | cautelate | cautelalo, cautelala | cautelanos | not used | cautelalos, cautelalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cautele | dative | cautéleme | not used | cautélele, cautélese | cautélenos | not used | cautéleles |
| accusative | cautéleme | not used | cautélelo, cautélela, cautélese | cautélenos | not used | cautélelos, cautélelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cautelemos | dative | not used | cautelémoste | cautelémosle | cautelémonos | cautelémoos | cautelémosles |
| accusative | not used | cautelémoste | cautelémoslo, cautelémosla | cautelémonos | cautelémoos | cautelémoslos, cautelémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cautelad | dative | cauteladme | not used | cauteladle | cauteladnos | cautelaos | cauteladles |
| accusative | cauteladme | not used | cauteladlo, cauteladla | cauteladnos | cautelaos | cauteladlos, cauteladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cautelen | dative | cautélenme | not used | cautélenle | cautélennos | not used | cautélenles, cautélense |
| accusative | cautélenme | not used | cautélenlo, cautélenla | cautélennos | not used | cautélenlos, cautélenlas, cautélense | |
Further reading
- “cautelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024