dócil

adj.

docile, yielding, obedient, tame.

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dócil

► adjetivo

1 docile, obedient

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ADJ [animal] docile; [persona] submissive, meek

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adjetivo <niño/comportamiento> meek, docile; <perro/caballo> docile, well-trained; <pelo> manageable

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= meek, docile, malleable, tame [tamer -comp., tamest -sup.].

Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

Ex. Was she, too, destined to become as docile and obedient as the other staff members appeared to be?.

Ex. While manual catalogs are essentially preestablished indexes which a user must deal with as found, electronic databases are inherently flexible and malleable = Mientras que los catálogos manuales son básicamente índices preestablecidos que el usuario debe utilizar tal y como se los encuentra, las bases de datos electrónicas son flexibles y maleables de por sí.

Ex. Today, nudity, sex, and excessive violence are not an issue and even the raciest films would garner a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and most are even tamer than that.

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adjetivo <niño/comportamiento> meek, docile; <perro/caballo> docile, well-trained; <pelo> manageable

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= meek, docile, malleable, tame [tamer -comp., tamest -sup.].

Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

Ex: Was she, too, destined to become as docile and obedient as the other staff members appeared to be?.

Ex: While manual catalogs are essentially preestablished indexes which a user must deal with as found, electronic databases are inherently flexible and malleable = Mientras que los catálogos manuales son básicamente índices preestablecidos que el usuario debe utilizar tal y como se los encuentra, las bases de datos electrónicas son flexibles y maleables de por sí.

Ex: Today, nudity, sex, and excessive violence are not an issue and even the raciest films would garner a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and most are even tamer than that.

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dócil

adjective

1 ‹niño/comportamiento› meek, docile; ‹perro/caballo› docile, well-trained

2 ‹pelo› manageable

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dócil adjetivo ‹niño/comportamiento› meek, docile;
‹perro/caballo› docile, well-trained;
‹pelo› manageable
dócil adjetivo
1 (persona) docile, manageable
2 (metal, piedra) ductile, malleable
'dócil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cordero
- sumisión
English:
docile
- lead
- meek
- well-behaved
- amenable
- manageable
- tame

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dócil adj

1. [animal, niño] obedient;

[persona] docile, tractable;

es un caballo muy dócil he's a very docile o gentle horse;

no deberías ser tan dócil you shouldn't be so submissive o compliant

2. [cabello] manageable

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dócil

adj docile

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dócil adj

: docile

♦ dócilmente adv