Óvatos

Óvatos

Meaning:

careful

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Óvatosan menj, nehogy eless!

Carefully go-you, not-that fall-you!

Go carefully and don’t fall!

Nem vagyok egy óvatos ember, ezért sok balesetem volt már.

Not am-I a careful person, therefore many accidents-my existed already.

I’m not a careful person and had many accidents.

Related terms:

baleset – accident

bátor – brave

óv – to protect

óvoda – kindergarten (literally: the protective place J)

óvatlan – careless, unguarded

óvszer – condom

vakmerő – reckless

véd – another word for to protect

vigyáz – to be careful, to take care

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