Italian

Noun

cautela f ‎(plural cautele)

1. caution, care
2. precaution

Verb

cautela

1. third-person singular present of cautelare
2. second-person singular imperative of cautelare

Latin

Etymology

From caveō ‎(“beware”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈteː.la/, [kau̯ˈteː.ɫa]

Noun

cautēla f ‎(genitive cautēlae); first declension

1. caution
2. vocative singular of cautēla

cautēlā f

1. ablative singular of cautēla

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: cautèle
• Italian: cautela
• Portuguese: cautela
• Spanish: cautela

References

• cautela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CAUTELA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cautela”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ISBN 0-00-470763-X. page 51.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cautēla ‎(“caution”).

Noun

cautela f (plural cautelas)

1. caution (careful attention, prudence)
2. share (in a lottery)

Synonyms

• cuidado, caução

Derived terms

• cauteleiro

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cautēla ‎(“caution”).

Noun

cautela f ‎(plural cautelas)

1. caution, care
2. precaution