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take care of definition

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This page has 3 definitions of take care of in English. Take care of is a verb. Examples of how to use take care of in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take care of (third-person singular simple present takes care of, present participle taking care of, simple past took care of, past participle taken care of)

(transitive) To look after, to provide care for.
My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.
(transitive) To deal with, handle.
Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?
(transitive, slang, euphemistic) To kill.
In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.

Synonyms

(look after): care for, nurse
(handle): attend to
(kill (slang)): bump off, knock off, wax

Derived terms

Translations

look after

Armenian: խնամել (hy) (xnamel)
Catalan: tenir cura de, cuidar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 照顧, 照顾 (ziu³ gu³)

Mandarin: 照顧 (zh), 照顾 (zh) (zhàogù)
Dutch: zorgen voor
Esperanto: flegi (eo) (nurse)
Finnish: huolehtia (fi)
French: soigner (fr), prendre soin de (fr), s'occuper de (fr)
Galician: coidar (gl)
German: sich kümmern um, pflegen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: κομίζω (komízō)
Hebrew: טִפֵּל‎ (tipél)

Hungarian: gondoskodik (hu), ellát (hu), ápol (hu), gondját viseli
Irish: tabhair aire do
Italian: badare (it), prendersi cura, stare dietro
Ladino: kudiar
Latin: cūrō (la)
Ngazidja Comorian: hwangalia
Polish: dbać (pl) impf
Portuguese: cuidar (pt)
Romanian: (eg. ai grijă de tine) ^{(please verify)} a avea grijă de
Russian: забо́титься (ru) impf (zabótitʹsja), позабо́титься (ru) pf (pozabótitʹsja), присма́тривать (ru) impf (prismátrivatʹ), присмотре́ть (ru) pf (prismotrétʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: brinuti se o, starati se (sh)
Spanish: cuidar (es)
Swahili: kutunza
Swedish: ta hand om (sv)
Tocharian B: yärp-

deal with

Finnish: hoitaa (fi)
French: s'occuper de
German: sich kümmern um
Hebrew: טִפֵּל‎ (tipél)
Hungarian: törődik (hu), foglalkozik (hu), ellát (hu), kiszolgál (hu)
Italian: ci penso io
Norman: souongni dé
Latin: como

Polish: załatwiać (pl) impf, załatwić (pl) pf
Portuguese: cuidar (pt)
Russian: занима́ться (ru) impf (zanimátʹsja), заня́ться (ru) pf (zanjátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: pobrinuti se za
Spanish: ocuparse de, encargarse de, cuidar de, tener a su cuidado
Swedish: ta itu med (sv)

kill

Chinese:
Cantonese: 搞掂 (gaau² dim⁶)

Mandarin: 幹掉 (zh), 干掉 (zh) (gàndiào)
Finnish: hoidella (fi)
German: erledigen (de)
Hungarian: eltesz láb alól

Latin: occido (la), macto, caedo (la), neco (la)
Polish: załatwiać (pl) impf, załatwić (pl) pf
Portuguese: cuidar de
Russian: разбира́ться (ru) impf (razbirátʹsja), разобра́ться (ru) impf (razobrátʹsja)
Spanish: encargarse de

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