coddle

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
2. (transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
3. (transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

Noun

1. An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
2. (archaic) An effeminate person.

Conceitos

afagar

amimar

mimosear

acariciar

favorecer

mimar

Sinônimos

pamper

spoil

indulge

mollycoddle

fondle

cocker

cosset

baby

👶

featherbed

pet

treat well

nurse

parboil

steam

poach

cherish

stew

🍲

render effeminate

treat

vitiate

make angry

take good care of

treat kindly

humour

raise with care

tend with care

render delicate

be careful with

cherish with care

treat with indulgence

blandish

boil

care for

caress

chuck

dandle

dote

furious

give birth

infuriate

mad

nurture

rear

rock

🪨

simmer

Traduções

dorloter

mimar

choyer

verwöhnen

consentir

vertroetelen

troetelen

verhätscheln

koesteren

verwennen

παραχαϊδεύω

hätscheln

amanyagar

verzärteln

verziehen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒd.əl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.