cautelar

Catalan

Etymology

From cautela (“caution”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəw.təˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəw.təˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaw.teˈlaɾ]

Adjective

cautelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural cautelars)

1. precautionary, preventative

   Synonym: preventiu

Further reading

• “cautelar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From cautela (“caution”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.teˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.teˈla(h)]

• (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/

• (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)

1. to warn

   Synonym: acautelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cautelar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cautelar
Personal	cautelar	cautelares	cautelar	cautelarmos	cautelardes	cautelarem
Gerund
	cautelando
Past participle
Masculine	cautelado			cautelados
Feminine	cautelada			cauteladas
Indicative
Present	cautelo	cautelas	cautela	cautelamos	cautelais	cautelam
Imperfect	cautelava	cautelavas	cautelava	cautelávamos	cauteláveis	cautelavam
Preterite	cautelei	cautelaste	cautelou	cautelamos1, cautelámos2	cautelastes	cautelaram
Pluperfect	cautelara	cautelaras	cautelara	cauteláramos	cauteláreis	cautelaram
Future	cautelarei	cautelarás	cautelará	cautelaremos	cautelareis	cautelarão
Conditional	cautelaria	cautelarias	cautelaria	cautelaríamos	cautelaríeis	cautelariam
Subjunctive
Present	cautele	cauteles	cautele	cautelemos	cauteleis	cautelem
Imperfect	cautelasse	cautelasses	cautelasse	cautelássemos	cautelásseis	cautelassem
Future	cautelar	cautelares	cautelar	cautelarmos	cautelardes	cautelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cautela	cautele	cautelemos	cautelai	cautelem
Negative (não)		não cauteles	não cautele	não cautelemos	não cauteleis	não cautelem

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)

1. precautionary, preventative

Derived terms

• cautelarmente

 

Verb

cautelar (first-person singular present cautelo, first-person singular preterite cautelé, past participle cautelado)

1. to guard against, prevent against
2. (reflexive, Latin America) to be on guard

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cautelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cautelar
gerund			cautelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cautelado		cautelada
		plural		cautelados		cauteladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cautelo	cautelastú cautelásvos	cautela	cautelamos	cauteláis	cautelan
	imperfect	cautelaba	cautelabas	cautelaba	cautelábamos	cautelabais	cautelaban
	preterite	cautelé	cautelaste	cauteló	cautelamos	cautelasteis	cautelaron
	future	cautelaré	cautelarás	cautelará	cautelaremos	cautelaréis	cautelarán
	conditional	cautelaría	cautelarías	cautelaría	cautelaríamos	cautelaríais	cautelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cautele	cautelestú cautelésvos2	cautele	cautelemos	cauteléis	cautelen
	imperfect (ra)	cautelara	cautelaras	cautelara	cauteláramos	cautelarais	cautelaran
	imperfect (se)	cautelase	cautelases	cautelase	cautelásemos	cautelaseis	cautelasen
	future1	cautelare	cautelares	cautelare	cauteláremos	cautelareis	cautelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cautelatú cautelávos	cautele	cautelemos	cautelad	cautelen
	negative		no cauteles	no cautele	no cautelemos	no cauteléis	no cautelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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], 2024 December 10