Cojar

Etymology
From Latin cogitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō ("to think").

Verb
cojar (first-person singular present cojo, first-person singular preterite cojè, past participle cojau)
 * 1) (transitive, intransitive) to take care of, to care for
 * 2) (transitive) to look after, to look out for, to keep an eye on, to guard, to protect, to watch over, to watch out for (implies doing so with care)
 * 3) (transitive) to mind, to watch, to pay attention
 * 4) to babysit
 * 5) to keep, to sit on
 * 6) (transitive) to nurse, to nurture, to tend, to tend to, to attend to (e.g. nurse back to health, to tend a garden or yard, tend to a herd or flock)
 * 7) (reflexive) to take care, to take care of, to look after, to care for (oneself)
 * 8) (reflexive) to be careful of, to be careful with, to beware, to watch out for, to be wary of (+ de)
 * 9) Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative form of the verb cojar.

Conjugation

 * Infinitive: cojar
 * Gerund: cojandu

Usage notes
Cojar does not require the preposition de to signify "take care of" unlike English (which requires "of"). Both cojar and cojar de mean to "take care of". In other words, cojar can be used both transitively and intransitively.

Related terms

 * cojande
 * cojaosamende
 * cojaosu
 * cojar-se
 * cojau
 * desgojar
 * desgoju