beware

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• /biˈwɛɚ/
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From Middle English bewar, be war, be ware, forms of Middle English ben ware (“to be on one's guard, be vigilant”, literally “be ware”), equivalent to be + ware or be + aware. Compare Old English bewarian.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَذَارِ (ḥaḏāri) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Arabic: اِحْذَرْ (iḥḏar) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Armenian: զգուշանալ (zgušanal) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Armenian: զգուշացի՛ր (zgušacʻír) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Azerbaijani: saqınmaq — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Bulgarian: внимавай (vnimavaj) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Bulgarian: пази се от (pazi se ot) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Catalan: anar amb compte — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Chinese Mandarin: 小心 (xiǎoxīn) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Danish: passe på — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Danish: vogte sig — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Danish: vare sig — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Esperanto: atenti — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Finnish: varoa — use caution, pay attention (to)
• French: faire attention — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Galician: ollo — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Galician: mirar por — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Galician: cavidar — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Georgian: მორიდება (morideba) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Georgian: ფრთხილად ყოფნა (prtxilad q̇opna) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Georgian: გაფრთხილება (gaprtxileba) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• German: sich hüten (vor) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Hungarian: óvakodik — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Icelandic: varast — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Ingrian: kavvoa — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Italian: temere — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Italian: guardarsi — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Italian: fare attenzione — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Latin: caveō — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Latin: videsis — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Latin: vide sis — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Latin: sis vide — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Norwegian: passe seg — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Polish: strzec się — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Portuguese: precaver-se — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Portuguese: prestar atenção — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Portuguese: tomar cuidado — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Romanian: păzi (de) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Russian: остерега́ться (osteregátʹsja) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Spanish: tener cuidado — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Spanish: ser precavido — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Swedish: akta sig (för) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Thai: ระวัง (rá-wang) — use caution, pay attention (to)
• Ukrainian: стерегти́ся (sterehtýsja) — use caution, pay attention (to)