flojear

v.

1 to weaken (piernas, fuerzas).

me flojeaban las fuerzas I was feeling weak

le flojea la memoria his memory is going o failing

2 to laze about or around (informal) (no hacer nada). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru))

3 to ease up, to fall off, to let up, to falter.

4 to lose.

Te flojea la energía You lose energy.

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flojear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (disminuir) to fall off, go down

2 (debilitarse) to weaken, grow weak

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VI

1) (=debilitarse)

me flojean las piernas — my legs are tired

2) (=flaquear)

flojeó en el último examen — she did less well in the last exam

el ritmo flojea hacia el final — the pace slackens towards the end

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verbo intransitivo

a) (debilitarse) to grow o get weak

b) (fam) (holgazanear) to laze around

últimamente ha estado flojeando en sus estudios — his work has gone down recently

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= loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.

Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.

Ex. He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.

Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (debilitarse) to grow o get weak

b) (fam) (holgazanear) to laze around

últimamente ha estado flojeando en sus estudios — his work has gone down recently

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= loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.

Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.

Ex: He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.

Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

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flojear [A1 ]

vi

1 (debilitarse) to grow o get weak

me flojean las piernas my legs are getting weak

nos flojeaban las fuerzas our strength was ebbing away, we were getting weaker o flagging

2 (fam) (holgazanear) to laze around

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flojear (conjugate flojear) verbo intransitivo

a) (debilitarse) to grow o get weak;

◊ me flojean las piernas my legs are getting weak

b) (fam) (holgazanear) to laze around

flojear verbo intransitivo
1 (ir mal) to fall off, go down
(estar débil, flaquear) to weaken, grow weak
(memoria) to fail
2 (actuar con desgana) to slack
'flojear' also found in these entries:
English:
slacken off
- slack

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flojear vi

1. [piernas, fuerzas] to weaken;

[película, libro] to flag; [calor, trabajo] to ease off; [ventas] to fall off;

me flojeaban las fuerzas I was feeling weak;

le flojea la memoria his memory is going o failing;

flojea especialmente en literatura she is especially weak in literature

2. Andes Fam [holgazanear] to laze about o around;

pasamos el domingo entero flojeando we just lazed about o around all Sunday

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flojear

v/i weaken, become o

get weak

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flojear vi

1) debilitarse: to weaken, to flag

2) : to idle, to loaf around

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flojear vb to weaken / to flag [pt. & pp. flagged]