aflojar

v.

1 to reduce.

2 to fork out (informal) (money).

3 to abate, to die down.

4 to ease off.

5 to loosen, to let down, to let loose, to loose hold of.

Elsa aflojó sus cuerdas Elsa loosened his ropes.

El relajamiento afloja los músculos Relaxation loosens the muscles.

6 to relax, to slack, to ease away, to ease.

El descanso afloja la tensión Rest relaxes stress.

7 to relent, to yield, to placate.

Le aflojó el dolor His pain relented=Her pain yielded.

8 to let up, to lose one's courage, to lose impulse.

9 to lose hold.

Ricardo aflojó y cayó Richard lost hold and fell.

10 to ante up.

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aflojar

► verbo transitivo

1 (soltar) to loosen

2 figurado (esfuerzo) to relax

3 familiar figurado (dinero) to pay up

► verbo intransitivo

1 (disminuir) to let up

■ el calor ha aflojado the heat has let up

► verbo pronominal aflojarse

1 to come loose

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FRASEOLOGÍA

aflojar la mosca familiar to fork out, cough up

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verb

to loosen, slacken

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1. VT

1) (=dejar suelto) [+ corbata, cinturón, nudo] to loosen; [+ tuerca, rosca] to slacken, loosen; [+ disciplina, restricción, política, presión] to relax

se sentó y se aflojó (el nudo de) la corbata — he sat down and loosened (the knot in) his tie

2) (=relajar) [+ cuerda] to slacken; [+ músculo] to relax

3) (=ralentizar)

caminamos sin aflojar el paso o la marcha o el ritmo — we walked without slackening our pace o without slowing down

nuevas medidas para aflojar la marcha de la economía — new measures to slow down the economy

4) * [+ vientre] to loosen

5) * [+ dinero] to fork out *, cough up *

2. VI

1) (Meteo) [viento] to drop; [lluvia] to ease off; [calor] to let up

2) [fiebre] to subside; [tensión] to ease, subside

3) [ventas] to tail off

el negocio afloja en agosto — business slows down o eases up in August

4) [al andar, correr, competir] to ease up, let up

no aflojó hasta conseguir la victoria — he did not ease up o let up until he won

3.

See:

aflojarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <cinturón/tornillo> to loosen; <cuerda/riendas> to slacken; <presión/tensión> to ease; <marcha/paso> to slow down

2) (fam) <dinero> to hand over

no aflojó ni un centavo — he didn't part with a cent

3) (AmL) <motor> to run in

2.

aflojar vi

1) tormenta to ease off; fiebre/viento to drop; calor to let up; tensión/presión to ease off

2) (ceder) to budge, give way

no les aflojes — don't give in to them

aflójale un poco al pobre chico — ease up on the poor boy a little

3.

aflojarse v pron

1)

a) (refl) <cinturón> to loosen

b) tornillo/tuerca to come o work loose

2) (Méx) estómago

se me aflojó el estómago — I got diarrhea

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= loosen, slacken, remit, dish out.

Ex. Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.

Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.

Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.

Ex. Seattle police had to dish out $8000 after wrongful arrest of a photographer.

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* aflojar el paso = slow down, slow up.

* aflojar guita = shell out + money, shell out.

* aflojar la guita = cough up + money, cough up + cash.

* aflojar la marcha = slow down, slow up.

* aflojarse = come + unstuck, come + loose.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <cinturón/tornillo> to loosen; <cuerda/riendas> to slacken; <presión/tensión> to ease; <marcha/paso> to slow down

2) (fam) <dinero> to hand over

no aflojó ni un centavo — he didn't part with a cent

3) (AmL) <motor> to run in

2.

aflojar vi

1) tormenta to ease off; fiebre/viento to drop; calor to let up; tensión/presión to ease off

2) (ceder) to budge, give way

no les aflojes — don't give in to them

aflójale un poco al pobre chico — ease up on the poor boy a little

3.

aflojarse v pron

1)

a) (refl) <cinturón> to loosen

b) tornillo/tuerca to come o work loose

2) (Méx) estómago

se me aflojó el estómago — I got diarrhea

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= loosen, slacken, remit, dish out.

Ex: Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.

Ex: The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.

Ex: The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.

Ex: Seattle police had to dish out $8000 after wrongful arrest of a photographer.

* aflojar el paso = slow down, slow up.

* aflojar guita = shell out + money, shell out.

* aflojar la guita = cough up + money, cough up + cash.

* aflojar la marcha = slow down, slow up.

* aflojarse = come + unstuck, come + loose.

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aflojar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹cinturón/nudo/tornillo› to loosen; ‹cuerda› to slacken (off); ‹puño/mandíbula› to unclench

la cuerda está muy tensa, aflójala the rope's very tight, let out some slack

afloja la tensión nerviosa it eases nervous tension

sin aflojar la marcha or el paso without slowing down

B (fam); ‹dinero› to hand over

no aflojó ni un centavo para la colecta he didn't part with o give a penny o (AmE) a cent for the collection

C (AmL) ‹motor› to run in

■ aflojar

vi

A «tormenta» to ease off; «fiebre/viento» to drop, ease

mañana aflojará el calor the temperature will drop o ease tomorrow

B (ceder) to budge, give way

diles que no y no les aflojes por más que insistan say no and don't give in to them no matter how much they insist

¡aflójale al acelerador! ease up on the accelerator

aflójale un poco al pobre chico ease up on the poor boy a little, don't be so hard on the poor boy

■ aflojarse

v pron

A

1 (refl) ‹cinturón› to loosen

2 «tornillo/tuerca» to come o work loose

B

(Méx) «estómago»: se me aflojó el estómago or (fam) la panza I got diarrhea o (colloq) the runs

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aflojar (conjugate aflojar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹cinturón/tornillo› to loosen;
‹cuerda/riendas› to slacken;
‹presión/tensión› to ease;
‹marcha/paso› to slow
2 (fam) ‹dinero› to hand over
3 (AmL) ‹motor› to run in
verbo intransitivo [tormenta] to ease off;
[fiebre/viento] to drop;
[calor] to let up;
[tensión/presión] to ease off
aflojarse verbo pronominal

a) (refl) ‹cinturón› to loosen

b) [tornillo/tuerca] to come o work loose

aflojar
I verbo transitivo
1 to loosen
2 fam (soltar, dar): afloja la pasta, que eres un rácano, pay up, you mean devil
II vi (perder fuerza) to weaken, grow weak
'aflojar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mosca
- rienda
- soltar
English:
fork out
- let up
- loosen
- slacken
- slow
- cough
- ease

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aflojar

♦ vt

1. [presión, tensión] to reduce;

[cinturón, corbata, tornillo] to loosen; [cuerda] to slacken;

aflojar el ritmo to slow down, to slacken one's pace

Comp

aflojar las riendas to ease up

2. Fam [dinero] to cough up;

por fin aflojó los 100 pesos que me debía he finally coughed up the 100 pesos he owed me

3. Comp

RP Fam

aflojar la lengua to let the cat out of the bag

♦ vi

1. [disminuir] to abate, to die down;

por fin aflojó el viento finally the wind died down

2. [ceder] to ease off;

el corredor aflojó en la última vuelta the runner eased off on the final lap

3. RP Fam [parar] to stop;

aflojá stop it!

♦ See also the pronominal verb aflojarse

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aflojar

I v/t

1 nudo, tornillo loosen

2 fam

dinero hand over

3

:

aflojar el paso slow down

II v/i de tormenta abate; de viento, fiebre drop

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aflojar vt

1) : to loosen, to slacken

2) fam : to pay up, to fork over

aflojar vi

: to slacken, to ease up

♦ See also the reflexive verb aflojarse

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aflojar vb to loosen

se aflojó el cinturón he loosened his belt

aflojar el paso to slow down