Spoon-feed

//ˈspunˌfid//

Synonyms for "spoon-feed" (19 found)

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Translations

29 translations across 11 languages.

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Bikol Central

1 entries
  • hungit verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • hungit verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 嬌慣 /娇惯 verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • 寵壞 /宠坏 verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • 溺愛 /溺爱 verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • 灌輸 /灌输 verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Finnish

3 entries
  • poispilata verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • syöttää lusikalla verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)
  • vääntää rautalangasta verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • szájba rág verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)
  • szájába rág verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Manx

1 entries
  • beagh lesh spein verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • dar de comer com colher verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)
  • dar tudo mastigado verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • mastigar verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́ловать verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • корми́ть ложкой verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)
  • не́жить verb (to overly pamper or indulge someone)
  • разжёвывать verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Spanish

2 entries
  • dar de comer con cuchara verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)
  • masticar verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dalta verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)
  • klema verb (to deliver information in as basic a manner as possible)
  • mata verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)
  • skedmata verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • subo verb (to help somebody to eat using a spoon)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I can help you with your homework, but you must understand the concept, because I will not spoon-feed you.

Source: wiktionary

What do you mean "I don't know"? I'm practically spoon-feeding you the answer!

Source: wiktionary

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