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1 puritan
'pjuəritən1) (a person who is strict and disapproves of many kinds of enjoyment.) puritano2) (formerly, in England and America, a member of a religious group wanting to make church worship etc simpler and plainer.) puritano•tr['pjʊərɪtən]1 puritano,-a1 puritano,-apuritan ['pjʊrətən] n: puritano m, -na fadj.• puritano, -a adj.n.• puritano s.m.
I 'pjʊrətṇ, 'pjʊərɪtəna) Puritan puritano, -na m,fb) ( morally) puritano, -na m,f
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a) Puritan puritanob) ( morally strict) puritano['pjʊǝrɪtǝn]1.ADJ puritano2.N puritano(-a) m / f* * *
I ['pjʊrətṇ, 'pjʊərɪtən]a) Puritan puritano, -na m,fb) ( morally) puritano, -na m,f
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a) Puritan puritanob) ( morally strict) puritano -
2 lax
læks(careless or not strict in discipline or morals: Pupils have been rather lax about some of the school rules recently.) poco disciplinario, flojo- laxity- laxness
tr[læks]1 (unstrict) poco disciplinario,-a, flojo,-a; (relaxed) relajado,-a2 (negligent) negligente3 (of intestine) suelto,-alax ['læks] adj: laxo, relajado♦ laxly advadj.• flojo, -a adj.• indisciplinado, -a adj.• laxo, -a adj.• negligente adj.• relajado, -a adj.• suelto, -a adj.læksadjective <discipline/supervision> poco estricto; <morals/standards> laxo, relajado[læks]ADJ (compar laxer) (superl laxest) pej [person, discipline] poco estricto, poco riguroso; [standards, morals] laxo, relajadoto be lax about or on punctuality — ser negligente en la puntualidad
to be morally lax — tener una moral laxa or relajada
* * *[læks]adjective <discipline/supervision> poco estricto; <morals/standards> laxo, relajado
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