take care of

English

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

Translations

look after

Armenian: խնամել (hy) (xnamel)
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)

Italian: badare (it)
Latin: cūrō (la)
Ngazidja Comorian: hwangalia
Novial: sorga
Portuguese: cuidar de
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 za
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cuidar de
Swahili: kutunza (sw)
Swedish: ta hand om (sv)

deal with

Finnish: hoitaa (fi)
French: s'occuper de (fr)
German: sich kümmern um
Italian: ci penso io
Norman: souongni dé

Portuguese: cuidar de
Russian: занима́ться (ru) impf (zanimátʹsja), заня́ться (ru) pf (zanjátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: pobrinuti se za
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} ocuparse (es) de, ^{(please verify)} encargarse (es) de, ^{(please verify)} cuidar (es) de, ^{(please verify)} 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: hoitaa (fi)

Latin: occido (la), macto, caedo (la), neco (la)
Portuguese: cuidar de
Russian: разбира́ться (ru) impf (razbirátʹsja), разобра́ться (ru) impf (razobrátʹsja)
Spanish: encargarse (es) de

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