Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
throw caution...
Spanish translation:
echar la cautela por la borda
English term
Reliable translator, immediate response.
Native in: Spanish 
, Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
throw caution...
Proposed translations
echar la cautela por la borda
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-17 13:49:59 GMT)
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se me ha ocurrido que la expresión "tirarse a la piscina" (sin antes comprobar que hay agua) es otra opción.
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Note added at 4 days (2007-02-22 09:09:20 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias.
More than 20 years in translation
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
ser imprudente
o bien
Suelo dejar de lado las precauciones.
Accurate & Reliable
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
dejar la prudencia de lado; abandonar la cautela; tirarse de cabeza a la pileta/piscina/alberca
'tirarse de cabeza a la pileta' es un modismo que se usa en el Cono Sur
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
hago caso omiso/pongo oidos sordos a la cautela
Peru
Quality for you and your business
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
abandonar toda prudencia
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Ivannia Garcia
: A mí también me suena mucho mejor...no necesariamente es ser 'extreme', ni tampoco se requiere que suene muy rebuscado :)
1 day 22 hrs
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gracias
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16 yrs. in nuclear engineering
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
arriesgar / tomar un riesgo
Good luck
a la ligera
Spain
Had I but world enough, and time!
Native in: Catalan , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Dutch to Spanish, Danish to Spanish, English to Spanish, and 10 more.
soy temerario
Maria
temerario, ria.
(Del lat. temerarĭus).
1. adj. Excesivamente imprudente arrostrando peligros.
2. adj. Se dice de las acciones de quien obra de este modo.
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