take heed | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Topay attention.Synonyms:give heed,pay heed,heed,listenThe king spoke and the lordstook heed.1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i],page14, column 1:Pro.Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas’d, take my daughter: But / If thou do’ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey’d diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both: Thereforetake heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Psalms39:1:[I] sayd, I willtake heedeto my waies, that I ſinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Timothy4:16:Take heedvnto thy ſelfe, and vnto the doctrine: continue in them: for in doing this, thou ſhalt both ſaue thy ſelfe, and them that heare thee.1854,Dante [Alighieri], “Canto XXIX”, inC[harles] B[agot] Cayley, transl.,Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Paradise: Translated in the Original Ternary Rhyme, volume III, London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC,page217, lines82–84:So there men dream awake, sometaking heed, / And others not, how much untruth they tell; / Yet have the first more shame and more misdeed.1885,Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Abdullah bin Fazil and his Brothers.[Night 987.]”, inA Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night[…], Shammar edition, volume IX,[London]:[…]Burton Club[…],→OCLC,page342:None, however,took heedto his brothers; wherefore jealousy and envy entered their hearts, for all he entreated them tenderly as one tenders an ophthalmic eye; but the more he cherished them, the more they redoubled in hatred and envy of him:[…]

Examples:

EN: But take heed of the following:
ES: Pero ten en cuenta lo siguiente:
EN: Now, if the Lord has brought prosperity to you or if you have enjoyed success in Christian service, take heed that you do not lift up your head on high.
ES: Y es que, si el Señor te ha traído prosperidad, si has disfrutado del éxito a su servicio, que esto no te vuelva altanero.
EN: It's not certain, take heed of that, but I couldn't say straight away, it would be too much...
ES: No es totalmente cierto, lo subrayo, pero no puedo decírselo todo de golpe, sería una alegría inmensa...
EN: But take heed, I'll be back.
ES: Así sea. Pero te prevengo que regresaré.
EN: Then you should take heed when intelligent people assure you... that this lady is only a childish bit of imagination, an absurd dream.
ES: Entonces haz caso cuando personas inteligentes te aseguran que esa señora es un elemento infantil de la imaginación un sueño absurdo.
EN: We charge you in the name of God, take heed how you awake the sleeping sword of war.
ES: Os lo urgimos, en nombre de Dios, poned cuidado, cómo despertáis la durmiente espada de la guerra.
EN: Sweet soul, take heed. Take heed of perjury:
ES: Querida mía, ten cuidado, ten cuidado con el perjurio.
EN: You just pin back those pretty ears of yours and take heed of what i'm saying.
ES: Abre bien los oídos y presta atención a lo que te digo.
EN: Sweet soul, take heed. Take heed of perjury. Thou art on thy deathbed!
ES: "No jures por tu alma, estás en tu lecho mortuorio...
EN: Let all take heed and bear witness to what they have seen that the people may know the will of God.
ES: Que todos presten atención y den testimonio de lo que han visto... para transmitir al pueblo la voluntad de Dios.
EN: Sweet soul, take heed.
ES: Guárdate, alma mía.
EN: Let all take heed.
ES: Prestad todos atención.
EN: "Therefore, take heed... "and beware the moor in those dark hours when evil is exalted... "else you will surely meet the hound of Hell..."
ES: Así que estén alertas y aléjense de los pantanos a la hora de las brujas porque seguro se encontrarán con el sabueso del infierno el sabueso de los Baskerville.
EN: Now take heed, you must not lose time.
ES: Ahora sigue adelante, no tienes tiempo que perder.
EN: I managed to talk to him but the bastard didn't take heed and fired.
ES: Conseguí hablar con él, pero el miserable no me atendió y disparó.

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