estar sobre aviso

Spanish

Verb

estar sobre aviso (first-person singular present estoy sobre aviso, first-person singular preterite estuve sobre aviso, past participle estado sobre aviso)

1. (idiomatic) to be warned; to be on notice
2. (idiomatic) to act carefully

Further reading

• “andar, o estar, sobre aviso, o sobre el aviso”, 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