lenient

indulgente

lenient(lin-yihnt)

adjective

1. (general)

a. indulgente

I think Sarah is too lenient with her children.

Pienso que Sarah es muy indulgente con sus hijos.

b. benévolo

Dan's lenient treatment of the children only served to make them more unruly.

El trato benévolo que Dan le daba a los niños sólo sirvió para que se hicieran más ingobernables.

c. poco severo

The community complained that four years of probation was too lenient a sentence.

La comunidad se quejó de que cuatro años de libertad condicional era una pena poco severa.

lenient

adjective

1. (general)

a. indulgente, benévolo(a)

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lenient [ˈliːnɪənt]

adjective

[+sentence, treatment] benévolo; poco severo

Those who co-operate can expect lenient treatment She wrote to her MP expressing her concern about the lenient treatment of sex-offenders He was given a lenient sentence They considered twelve years to be a relatively lenient sentence The accused's father said her sentence had been far too lenient

[+person, attitude] indulgente; poco severo

to be lenient [in] one's criticism I had been too lenient in my criticism

to be lenient with sb ser indulgente or poco severo con algn