servile

[US]/ˈsɜːvaɪl/
[UK]/ˈsɜːrvl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. excesivamente sumiso; carente de independencia como un sirviente.
Word Forms
Pluralserviles

Example Sentences

be servile to sb.

ser servil con alguien

servile flattery and submission.

alabanza servil y sumisión.

servile to public opinion

servil con la opinión pública

He is servile to his boss.

Es servil con su jefe.

An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.

Un juez honesto no puede ser servil con la opinión pública.

bowing his head in a servile manner.

inclinándose la cabeza de una manera servil.

servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work.

tareas serviles como fregar el suelo y trabajar en el granero.

The once servile peasants turned against the cruel king.

Los campesinos, que antes eran serviles, se rebelaron contra el cruel rey.

2332 What weakness is it that you can never tolerate?---Sycophancy and servile flattery.

2332 ¿Qué debilidad es esa que nunca puedes tolerar?---La adulación y la servil adulación.

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