What does «consentir» mean in Spanish?
- To allow, permit, authorize a thing to be done; to give permission.
Examples of use in Spanish: "consentir un plazo".
"jamás consentiría eso".
- To tolerate, to admit.
Examples of use in Spanish: "no consiento lo que acabas de decir, bajo ningún punto de vista".
"Consentí en que fuéramos juntos al médico".
- Coddling a child or being indulgent with a child.
Examples of use in Spanish: "consiente a sus hijos con golosinas".
- To believe, to hold something to be true.
- To grant, to bind.
- To abide by a judicial decision without appealing against it.
♦ Used in: Argentina - To bring peace, agreement or concord; to appease, calm, soothe.
♦ Used in: Argentina - To begin to break or resent something.