cuidas

Cuidas is the second person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb cuidar, meaning to take care of or to look after. It is used when the subject is informal you (tú) and is common across Spanish-speaking regions, though regional preferences for pronouns can affect its explicit use.

The verb cuidar is regular in its present indicative conjugation for the tú form. The stem is cuid-, and the ending for the second person singular is -as, yielding cuidas. The related forms include cuido (I take care), cuidas (you take care), cuida (he/she takes care), and so on. In contexts with objects, it commonly appears with a direct object ("cuidas a tus hermanos") or with phrases like "cuidas de" to express looking after someone or something ("cuidas de tus plantas").

Usage notes and examples:

- Tú cuidas a tus hermanos. (You take care of your siblings.)

- ¿Me cuidas un momento? (Will you watch over me for a moment?)

- Cuidas de tus plantas todos los días. (You take care of your plants every day.)

- Informally, cuidas is often used with pronoun objects or prepositional phrases to specify what is being cared for; formal address uses usted form (cuida) in corresponding contexts.

Etymology generally traces cuidar to Latin curāre, meaning to take care of, with the everyday Spanish form cuidas emerging through regular noun-verb evolution in the -ar verb family.