carefree

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English

Etymology

From care +‎ -free.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəfɹiː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹfɹi/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: care‧free

Adjective

carefree (comparative more carefree, superlative most carefree)

Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.
He left his cell phone behind and enjoyed a carefree summer day at the beach.
- 1964, Sol Marcus, Gloria Caldwell, Bennie Benjamin (lyrics and music), “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, performed by Nina Simone:
  You know: sometimes, baby, I'm so carefree / With a joy that's hard to hide

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cantonese: 茄哩啡 (ke1 le1 fe1)

Translations

worry free, light hearted, etc.

Arabic: مُرْتَاحُ اَلْبَالِ (murtāḥu l-bāli), خَالِي اَلْقَلْبِ (ḵālī l-qalbi)
Armenian: անհոգ (hy) (anhog), արխային (hy) (arxayin)
Azerbaijani: qayğısız, qəmsiz, arxayın, dərdsiz, asudə
Belarusian: бесклапо́тны (bjesklapótny), бестурбо́тны (bjesturbótny)
Bulgarian: небре́жен (bg) (nebréžen), немарли́в (bg) (nemarlív), безгри́жен (bg) (bezgrížen)
Catalan: despreocupat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暢快／畅快 (zh) (chàngkuài), 無憂無慮的／无忧无虑的 (zh) (wúyōuwúlǜ de)
Czech: bezstarostný m, lehkomyslný (cs)
Danish: sorgløs (da), ubekymret, sorgfri, bekymringsfri, bekymringsløs
Dutch: onbekommerd (nl), onverschillig (nl)
Esperanto: malzorga, senzorga
Estonian: muretu
Finnish: huoleton (fi), suruton (fi)
French: insouciant (fr)
Georgian: უზრუნველი (uzrunveli), უდარდელი (udardeli), გულარხეინი (gularxeini), არხეინი (arxeini)
German: sorglos (de), sorgenfrei (de), unbekümmert (de)
Greek: ξένοιαστος (el) (xénoiastos)
Ancient: ἀμέριμνος (amérimnos)
Hebrew: חסר-דאגות m (khasar-daagot), חסרת-דאגות f (khasrat-daagot)
Hungarian: gondtalan (hu)
Icelandic: áhyggjulaus (is), kátur
Indonesian: periang (id)
Ingrian: hooletoin
Italian: libero da preoccupazioni, spensierato (it) m
Japanese: 呑気な (ja) (のんきな, nonki na), 気軽な (ja) (きがるな, kigaru na), のんびりとした (ja) (nonbiri to shita)
Korean: 태평한 (taepyeonghan)
Latin: sēcūrus m
Latvian: bezrūpīgs, nebēdīgs
Lithuanian: lengvabūdiškas
Macedonian: безгрижен (bezgrižen)
Maori: korehere, mataraharaha
Norwegian: ubekymret, sorgløs, bekymringsløs, ubekymra
Polish: beztroski (pl), bezkłopotliwy (dated), niefrasobliwy (pl)
Portuguese: despreocupado (pt)
Romanian: lipsit de griji, nepăsător (ro)
Russian: беззабо́тный (ru) (bezzabótnyj), беспе́чный (ru) (bespéčnyj), легкомы́сленный (ru) (lexkomýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: coma
Serbo-Croatian: безбрижан, bèzbrižan (sh)
Slovak: bezstarostný, ľahkomyselný
Slovene: lahkomiseln
Spanish: despreocupado (es)
Swedish: bekymmerslös (sv), sorgfri (sv)
Turkish: kaygısız (tr)
Ukrainian: безтурбо́тний (uk) (bezturbótnyj), легкова́жний (lehkovážnyj)

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