- servil
- adj.servile.f. & m.servile person.* * *servil► adjetivo1 (humilde) servile2 (obediente) subservient3 (rastrero) base* * *ADJ1) (=poco apreciado) [actitud, comportamiento] servile, obsequious; [trabajo] menial2) [imitación, estilo] slavish* * *adjetivoa) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)b) <trabajo> menial* * *= subservient, menial.Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.* * *adjetivoa) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)b) <trabajo> menial* * *= subservient, menial.
Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.* * *serviladjective1 ‹persona/actitud› servile, obsequious (frml)2 ‹trabajo› menial* * *
servil adjetivoa) ‹persona/actitud› servile, obsequious (frml)b) ‹trabajo› menial
servil adjetivo servile
'servil' also found in these entries:
English:
obsequious
- servile
- slavish
- subservient
- sycophantic
* * *servil adj1. [obsequioso] servile2. [humilde] menial* * *serviladj servile* * *servil adj1) : servile, subservient2) : menial
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.