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Italian
Etymology
From Latin cautus, derived from caveō (“to beware, avoid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cauti, feminine plural caute)
- prudent, cautious, sly
- Synonyms: accorto, attento, circospetto, guardingo, prudente
- Antonyms: arrischiato, avventato, azzardato, imprudente, incauto, inconsulto, sconsiderato
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 118–120; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ahi quanto cauti li uomini esser dienno
presso a color che non veggion pur l'ovra,
ma per entro i pensier miran col senno!- Ah me! how very cautious men should be with those who not alone behold the act, but with their wisdom look into the thoughts!
1825, “Libro XXIII [Book 23]”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás) by Homer, published 1840, page 496, lines 450–453:[…] infranto
N'andrebbe il carro, offesi i corridori,
E tu deriso e di disnor coperto.
Sii dunque saggio e cauto.- The chariot would be destroyed, the racers hurt, and you mocked and dishonoured/dishonored. Be therefore wise and cautious.
1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “V. A un vincitore nel pallone”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 26, lines 43–46:[…] pochi Soli
forse fien vòlti, e le cittá latine
abiterá la cauta volpe, e l’atro
bosco mormorerá fra le alte mura- perhaps only a few suns will turn, and the sly fox will inhabit Latin cities, and the dark woods’ murmuring surround the high walls
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Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
cautō
- dative/ablative singular of cautum
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cautus, past participle of cavēre.[1][2] Doublet of couto.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -awtu
- Hyphenation: cau‧to
Adjective
cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cautos, feminine plural cautas)
- cautious
- Synonyms: cauteloso, prudente
References
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cautus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkauto/
- Rhymes: -auto
- Syllabification: cau‧to
Adjective
cauto (feminine cauta, masculine plural cautos, feminine plural cautas)
- cautious
- Synonym: cauteloso
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