No es más que cháchara, en cierto modo, y parece ser una táctica para calmar por el momento a los trabajadores y a los otros muchos afectados en Amberes: para que estén callados y dóciles.

It is idle chatter, in a way, and it seems to be a tactic to appease the workers and the many others concerned in Antwerp for the time being: to keep them quiet and compliant.

dócil

ductile {adj.} [form.] (easily influenced)

dócil

malleable {adj.} (person)

dócil(also: sumiso, manso, borreguil, humilde)

meek {adj.}

Señor Presidente, no tengo la costumbre -y la Comisión lo sabe perfectamente- de ser un interrogador fácil, dócil o complaciente para la Comisión.

Mr President, as the Commission is well aware, I am not accustomed to being an easy-going, meek or lenient speaker when it comes to the Commission in its role as executive.

dócil

submissive {adj.} (person, character, smile)

dócil

tame {adj.} (by nature)

dócil

well-trained {adj.}

docile {adjective}

docile(also: manageable, tractable)

dócil {adj. m/f}

Faithful and docile to the will of the Father, he is for us an example and an encouragement.

Fiel y dócil a la voluntad del Padre, es ejemplo y aliento para nosotros.

Faithful and docile to the will of the Father, he is

Fiel y dócil a la voluntad del Padre, es ejemplo y aliento para nosotros.

life which will be revealed by the Great Jubilee, if Christians are docile to

cristianos son dóciles a la acción del Espíritu Santo»

docile(also: dovish, meek, tame)

manso {adj. m}

docile(also: complaisant, tame)

sumiso {adj.}

A model which costs little but which serves the needs of big business for a cheap and, more importantly, docile labour force, a labour force which is wholly adapted to its requirements.

Un modelo que cuesta poco, pero que presta servicio a la necesidad de los monopolios de encontrar mano de obra barata y, sobre todo, sumisa, completamente adaptada a sus necesidades.

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "dócil":

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