watch out

See also: watchout

English

Etymology

watch + out

Pronunciation

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Verb

watch out (third-person singular simple present watches out, present participle watching out, simple past and past participle watched out)

1. (idiomatic) To be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution. Often used in the imperative.

   Watch out for low doorways, so you don’t hit your head.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Fresh start:

     Being exiled from the Nexus was a huge shock, I still can't believe Tann did that. But at least Sloane's watching out for us and giving us whatever land we want. We hope to make a life out here and we've got our very own lakeside property with a view.

Synonyms

• to beware
• to get away
• to heed
• to mind

Derived terms

• watchout (noun)

Translations

to use caution

Armenian: զգուշանալ (hy) (zgušanal) Bulgarian: внима́вам (bg) impf (vnimávam) Chinese: Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì) Czech: dávat pozor (cs), dávat bacha (cs) impf Dutch: oppassen (nl) Finnish: varoa (fi) French: faire attention (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: aufpassen (de), achtgeben (de) Hungarian: vigyáz (hu) Ingrian: hoitiissa Italian: attento! (it), fare attenzione Japanese: 気を付ける (ja) (ki o tsukeru) Korean: please add this translation if you can Lao: please add this translation if you can Neapolitan: stà accorte Portuguese: ter cuidado, tomar cuidado (pt) Romanian: fi atent Russian: остерега́ться (ru) impf (osteregátʹsja) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: tener cuidado, estar al loro (es) (colloquial), estar atento m Swedish: se upp (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Venetan: ocio, òcio (vec) Vietnamese: coi chừng (vi), cẩn thận (vi), chú ý (vi), để ý (vi)

See also

• careful
• caution
• caveat

Interjection

watch out!

1. Used to warn someone of an imminent danger.

Translations

proceed with caution

Afrikaans: pasop Basque: kontuz (eu) Belarusian: асцяро́жна! (ascjaróžna!) Bengali: খবরদার (bn) (khobrodar) Bulgarian: внимавай! (bg) (vnimavaj!), пази се! (pazi se!) Catalan: compte! (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 小心！ (zh) (xiǎoxīn!) Czech: pozor! (cs), bacha! (cs) Dutch: pas op (nl) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: varo! (singular), varokaa! (polite or plural) French: attention (fr) Galician: ollo! (gl), cata (gl) (archaic) German: Achtung (de), Vorsicht (de), vorsichtig (de), passt auf! (de), pass auf! (de) Greek: προσοχή! (el) (prosochí!) Guaraní: cháke (gn) Hungarian: vigyázzon (formal, to one person), vigyázz (hu) (informal, to one person), vigyázzanak (formal, to a group), vigyázzatok (informal, to a group) Italian: attenzione! (it) Japanese: 気を付けて！ (きをつけて！, ki o tsukete!) Khmer: ប្រយ័ត្ន (km) (prɑyat) Korean: 조심해! (ko) (josimhae!) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Neapolitan: accorte! Polish: uwaga! (pl) Portuguese: cuidado! (pt) Romanian: fiți atenți!, fi atent!, atenție! (ro) Russian: осторо́жно! (ru) (ostoróžno!) Serbo-Croatian: pazi! (sh) Spanish: cuidado (es), ojo (es), tate, epa (es), épale (es), to (es), alerta (es), avisón Swedish: se upp (sv) Ukrainian: обере́жно! (oberéžno!)

See also

• beware, look out, watch it

Anagrams

• outwatch