🍼mollycoddle (móllicodl)

verb
/ˈmɒlikɒdl/
malcriar (malcriar)

Meaning

To treat someone in an overprotective and indulgent way.
Traducción del significado
Tratar a alguien de manera excesivamente protectora y consentidora.
Tratar a alguien de manera excesivamente protectora y consentidora.

Oraciones de ejemplo

Parents should avoid mollycoddling their children too much.

Los padres deberían evitar malcriar demasiado a sus hijos.
Los padres deberían evitar malcriar demasiado a sus hijos.

Synonyms

pamper, indulge, spoil, coddle

Antonyms

neglect, discipline

Colocaciones

mollycoddle children, mollycoddle employees, mollycoddle students

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