Translation
to take care of, look after; to worry
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Examples
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She looks after the children.
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Do not worry about me!
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He took care of the horses every morning.
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I will see to it that everything is ready.
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The mother is caring for her sick son.
The preposition is , always: you something, never about it with or a bare object. English merges two ideas here that Esperanto keeps in one word - practical care and mental fretting - so context decides which you mean. is a worry or a responsibility, means careful, zorge carefully, and is the enviable adjective for carefree.
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Word family
Words built on zorgi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malzorgaadjective
careless, negligent
mal-zorgi: the opposite of careful
- malzorgiverb
to neglect
mal-zorgi: the opposite of taking care of
- senzorgaadjective
carefree, untroubled
senzorgi: without worry
- zorgemaadjective
careful, caring, solicitous
zorgi-em-: inclined to take care
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 6: zorgi, batali, serĉi and 7 more words.