mimar

v.

to spoil, to pamper.

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mimar

► verbo transitivo

1 (consentir) to spoil; (mimar con exceso) to pamper, mollycoddle

■ se comporta como un niño mimado he behaves like a spoilt child

■ lo miman demasiado he's too pampered, he's spoilt

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verb

to spoil

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VT to spoil, pamper

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verbo transitivo to spoil, pamper

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= cherish, feather-bed, smother + Nombre + with kindness, kill + Nombre + with kindness, mollycoddle, pamper.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. Consequently, it came as no surprise when the new Conservative Government was elected in 1979 on a ticket to cut public expenditure and stop feather-bedding consumers.

Ex. Her father is no ogre, but since her mother and sister's died her father has basically smothered her with kindness, not allowing her any freedom.

Ex. But somewhere between killing them with kindness and berating them at boot camps, there must be another way.

Ex. Now it is the turn of Libya to throw hints that it too needs to be mollycoddled.

Ex. Though pampering may ease our bodies and minds, sometimes it can break the bank.

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* mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.

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verbo transitivo to spoil, pamper

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= cherish, feather-bed, smother + Nombre + with kindness, kill + Nombre + with kindness, mollycoddle, pamper.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: Consequently, it came as no surprise when the new Conservative Government was elected in 1979 on a ticket to cut public expenditure and stop feather-bedding consumers.

Ex: Her father is no ogre, but since her mother and sister's died her father has basically smothered her with kindness, not allowing her any freedom.

Ex: But somewhere between killing them with kindness and berating them at boot camps, there must be another way.

Ex: Now it is the turn of Libya to throw hints that it too needs to be mollycoddled.

Ex: Though pampering may ease our bodies and minds, sometimes it can break the bank.

* mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.

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mimar [A1 ]

vt

to spoil, pamper, mollycoddle

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mimar (conjugate mimar) verbo transitivo
to spoil, pamper
mimar verbo transitivo
1 (consentir) to spoil
2 (tratar con cariño) to fuss over
'mimar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consentir
English:
cuddle
- fuss
- fuss over
- indulge
- mother
- pamper
- spoil
- spoon-feed
- mollycoddle

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mimar vt

to spoil, to pamper

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mimar

v/t spoil, pamper

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mimar vt

consentir: to pamper, to spoil

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mimar vb to spoil [pt. & pp. spoilt]