softie

[/ˈsɒfti/]

nounpl: softies

pessoa sensível/mole

1. a person who is gentle, sensitive, or easily moved to emotion; someone lacking toughness or hardness

He's a real softie when it comes to children.

Ele é uma pessoa muito sensível quando se trata de crianças.

2. a soft or yielding object or substance

The pillow is such a softie.

O travesseiro é muito macio.

NYC Slang

soft touch, pushover

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

pessoa mole/sensível

commonly used in informal speech

Rio de Janeiro

molenga

colloquial variant

São Paulo

fresco/moleque

informal, sometimes pejorative

Portugal

miúdo sensível/pessoa fraca

less commonly used than in Brazilian Portuguese

have a soft spot for someone

soft in the head

soft touch

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