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1 slacken
verb1) ( sometimes with off or up)2) to make or become looser:يُرْخيShe felt his grip on her arm slacken.
3) to make or become less busy, less active or less fast:يَرْكُدThe doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.
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2 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.* * *1 (soltar) to loosen2 figurado (esfuerzo) to relax1 (disminuir) to let up1 to come loose\aflojar la mosca familiar to fork out, cough up* * *verbto loosen, slacken* * *1. VT1) (=dejar suelto) [+ corbata, cinturón, nudo] to loosen; [+ tuerca, rosca] to slacken, loosen; [+ disciplina, restricción, política, presión] to relax2) (=relajar) [+ cuerda] to slacken; [+ músculo] to relax3) (=ralentizar)caminamos sin aflojar el paso o la marcha o el ritmo — we walked without slackening our pace o without slowing down
4) * [+ vientre] to loosen5) * [+ dinero] to fork out *, cough up *2. VI1) (Meteo) [viento] to drop; [lluvia] to ease off; [calor] to let up2) [fiebre] to subside; [tensión] to ease, subside3) [ventas] to tail offel negocio afloja en agosto — business slows down o eases up in August
4) [al andar, correr, competir] to ease up, let upno aflojó hasta conseguir la victoria — he did not ease up o let up until he won
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <cinturón/tornillo> to loosen; <cuerda/riendas> to slacken; <presión/tensión> to ease; <marcha/paso> to slow down2) (fam) < dinero> to hand over3) (AmL) < motor> to run in2.aflojar vi2) ( ceder) to budge, give way3.aflojarse v pron1)a) (refl) < cinturón> to loosenb) tornillo/tuerca to come o work loose2) (Méx) estómago* * *= 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.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <cinturón/tornillo> to loosen; <cuerda/riendas> to slacken; <presión/tensión> to ease; <marcha/paso> to slow down2) (fam) < dinero> to hand over3) (AmL) < motor> to run in2.aflojar vi2) ( ceder) to budge, give way3.aflojarse v pron1)a) (refl) < cinturón> to loosenb) tornillo/tuerca to come o work loose2) (Méx) estómago* * *= 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.* * *aflojar [A1 ]vtA ‹cinturón/nudo/tornillo› to loosen; ‹cuerda› to slacken (off); ‹puño/mandíbula› to unclenchla cuerda está muy tensa, aflójala the rope's very tight, let out some slackafloja la tensión nerviosa it eases nervous tensionsin aflojar la marcha or el paso without slowing downB ( fam); ‹dinero› to hand overno aflojó ni un centavo para la colecta he didn't part with o give a penny o ( AmE) a cent for the collectionC ( AmL) ‹motor› to run in■ aflojarviA «tormenta» to ease off; «fiebre/viento» to drop, easemañana aflojará el calor the temperature will drop o ease tomorrowB (ceder) to budge, give waydiles 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 acceleratoraflójale un poco al pobre chico ease up on the poor boy a little, don't be so hard on the poor boyA1 ( refl) ‹cinturón› to loosen2 «tornillo/tuerca» to come o work looseB* * *
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
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
* * *♦ vt1. [presión, tensión] to reduce;[cinturón, corbata, tornillo] to loosen; [cuerda] to slacken;aflojar el ritmo to slow down, to slacken one's paceaflojar las riendas to ease uppor fin aflojó los 100 pesos que me debía he finally coughed up the 100 pesos he owed me3. CompRP Famaflojar la lengua to let the cat out of the bag♦ vi1. [disminuir] to abate, to die down;por fin aflojó el viento finally the wind died down2. [ceder] to ease off;el corredor aflojó en la última vuelta the runner eased off on the final lapaflojá stop it!* * *I v/t2 famdinero hand over3:aflojar el paso slow down* * *aflojar vt1) : to loosen, to slackenaflojar vi: to slacken, to ease up* * *aflojar vb to loosen -
3 lockern
I v/t loosen; (Seil etc.) slacken; (Griff) auch relax (auch fig. Disziplin, Vorschriften etc.); (Muskeln etc.) loosen upII v/refl loosen, come loose; (sich loslösen) come off; Seil etc.: slacken; körperlich: loosen up; SPORT limber up; fig. Person, Moral etc.: relax; fig. die Sitten haben sich gelockert morals have become lax ( oder slack)* * *(entspannen) to relax;(locker machen) to loosen; to slacken; to unloose; to unloosen; to unclench; to loose;sich lockern(Knopf) to come loose;(entspannen) to relax* * *lọ|ckern ['lɔkɐn]1. vt1) (= locker machen) to loosen; Boden to break up; Griff to relax, to loosen; Seil to slacken; (lit, fig ) Zügel to slacken2) (= entspannen) Arme, Beine, Muskeln to loosen up; (fig) Vorschriften, Atmosphäre to relax2. vrto work itself loose; (Moral) to become loose or lax; (SPORT) to loosen up; (zum Warmwerden) to limber up, to warm up; (Verkrampfung, Spannung) to ease off; (Atmosphäre, Beziehungen, Mensch) to get more relaxed* * *1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) ease2) (to make or become less strict or severe: The rules were relaxed because of the Queen's visit.) relax4) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) slacken* * *lo·ckern[ˈlɔkɐn]I. vt▪ etw \lockern to loosen sthden Griff \lockern to relax [or loosen] one's gripdie Zügel \lockern to slacken the reins2. (entspannen)3. (weniger streng gestalten)▪ etw \lockern to relax sthII. vr1. (locker werden) Backstein, Schraube, Zahn to work loose; Bremsen to become loose [or soft]; Bewölkung, Nebel to lift3. (sich entkrampfen) to become more relaxeddie Verkrampfung lockerte sich zusehends the tension eased visibly* * *1.transitives Verb1) loosen <screw, tie, collar, etc.>; slacken [off] <rope, dog-leash, etc.>; (fig.) relax < regulation, law, etc.>2) (entspannen) loosen up, relax <muscles, limbs>3) (auflockern) loosen, break up < soil>2.reflexives Verb1) <brick, tooth, etc.> work itself loose2) (entspannen) < person> loosen up; (vor Spielbeginn) loosen or limber up; (fig.) <tenseness, tension> ease* * *A. v/t loosen; (Seil etc) slacken; (Griff) auch relax (auch fig Disziplin, Vorschriften etc); (Muskeln etc) loosen upB. v/r loosen, come loose; (sich loslösen) come off; Seil etc: slacken; körperlich: loosen up; SPORT limber up; fig Person, Moral etc: relax;figdie Sitten haben sich gelockert morals have become lax ( oder slack)* * *1.transitives Verb1) loosen <screw, tie, collar, etc.>; slacken [off] <rope, dog-leash, etc.>; (fig.) relax <regulation, law, etc.>2) (entspannen) loosen up, relax <muscles, limbs>3) (auflockern) loosen, break up < soil>2.reflexives Verb1) <brick, tooth, etc.> work itself loose2) (entspannen) < person> loosen up; (vor Spielbeginn) loosen or limber up; (fig.) <tenseness, tension> ease* * *v.to loosen v. -
4 disminuir
v.1 to reduce.2 to decrease.El medicamento disminuyó la fiebre The drug decreased the fever.Me disminuyó la temperatura My temperature decreased.3 to diminish, to decrease, to fall off, to drop off.El calor disminuyó The heat diminished.4 to lessen, to take down, to humiliate, to deflate.Su actitud disminuyó a su hijo His attitude lessened his son.5 to have less.Te disminuyó la fiebre You have less fever.* * *1 (gen) to decrease2 (medidas, velocidad) to reduce1 (gen) to diminish2 (temperatura, precios) to drop, fall* * *verb1) to decrease2) drop, fall* * *1. VT1) (=reducir) [+ nivel, precio, gastos, intereses] to reduce, bring down; [+ riesgo, incidencia, dolor] to reduce, lessen; [+ temperatura] to lower, bring down; [+ prestigio, autoridad] to diminish, lessen; [+ fuerzas] to sap; [+ entusiasmo] to dampenalgunos bancos han disminuido en un 0,15% sus tipos de interés — some banks have reduced o brought down their interest rates by 0.15%
disminuyó la velocidad para tomar la curva — she slowed down o reduced her speed to go round the bend
esta medicina me disminuye las fuerzas — this medicine is making me weaker o sapping my strength
2) (Cos) [+ puntos] to decrease2. VI1) (=decrecer) [número, población] to decrease, drop, fall; [temperatura, precios] to drop, fall; [distancia, diferencia, velocidad, tensión] to decrease; [fuerzas, autoridad, poder] to diminish; [días] to grow shorter; [luz] to fade; [prestigio, entusiasmo] to dwindleha disminuido la tasa de natalidad — the birth rate has decreased o dropped o fallen
el número de asistentes ha disminuido últimamente — attendance has decreased o dropped o fallen recently
ya le está disminuyendo la fiebre — his temperature is dropping o falling now
el paro disminuyó en un 0,3% — unemployment dropped o fell by 0.3%
con esta pastilla te disminuirá el dolor — this tablet will relieve o ease your pain
2) (=empeorar) [memoria, vista] to fail3) (Cos) [puntos] to decrease* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex. Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex. When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex. Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.----* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex: When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex: Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex: Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex: The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex: The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex: Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *viA (menguar) «número/cantidad» to decrease, drop, fall; «desempleo/exportaciones/gastos» to decrease, drop, fall; «entusiasmo» to wane, diminish; «interés» to wane, diminish, fall offel número de fumadores ha disminuido the number of smokers has dropped o fallen o decreasedlos impuestos no disminuyeron there was no decrease o cut in taxeslos casos de malaria han disminuido there has been a drop o fall o decrease in the number of malaria casesdisminuyó la intensidad del viento the wind died down o droppedla agilidad disminuye con los años one becomes less agile with ageB (al tejer) to decrease■ disminuirvtA (reducir) ‹gastos/costos› to reduce, bring down, cutdisminuimos la velocidad we reduced speedes un asunto muy grave y se intenta disminuir su importancia it is a very serious matter, and its importance is being played downel alcohol disminuye la rapidez de los reflejos alcohol slows down your reactionsB (al tejer) ‹puntos› to decrease* * *
disminuir ( conjugate disminuir) verbo intransitivo ( menguar) [número/cantidad] to decrease, fall;
[precios/temperaturas] to drop, fall;
[ dolor] to diminish, lessen
verbo transitivo ( reducir) ‹gastos/producción› to cut back on;
‹ impuestos› to cut;
‹velocidad/número/cantidad› to reduce
disminuir
I verbo transitivo to reduce: esto disminuye sus probabilidades de entrar en la Universidad, this lowers his chances of admission to the University
II verbo intransitivo to diminish: el calor ha disminuido, the heat has lessened
' disminuir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclararse
- atenuar
- bajar
- descender
- enfriar
- perder
- rebajar
- reducir
- reducirse
- velocidad
English:
cut back
- decline
- decrease
- die down
- diminish
- drop
- dwindle
- ease off
- ease up
- lessen
- lower
- odds
- reduce
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- slacken off
- taper off
- thin out
- abate
- ease
- flag
- go
- let
- tail
- taper
- wane
* * *♦ vtto reduce, to decrease;disminuye la velocidad al entrar en la curva reduce speed as you go into the curve;pastillas que disminuyen el sueño tablets that prevent drowsiness;la lesión no ha disminuido su habilidad con el balón the injury hasn't affected his skill with the ball♦ vi[cantidad, velocidad, intensidad, contaminación] to decrease, to decline; [desempleo, inflación] to decrease, to fall; [precios, temperatura] to fall, to go down; [vista, memoria] to fail; [interés] to decline, to wane;disminuye el número de matriculaciones en la universidad university enrolments are down;medidas para que disminuyan los costes cost-cutting measures;no disminuye la euforia inversora investor enthusiasm continues unabated* * *II v/i decrease, diminish* * *disminuir {41} vtreducir: to reduce, to decrease, to lowerdisminuir vi1) : to lower2) : to drop, to fall* * *disminuir vb1. (reducir) to reduce -
5 endormir
endormir [ɑ̃dɔʀmiʀ]➭ TABLE 161. transitive verba. [somnifère, discours] to send to sleepb. ( = anesthésier) to put to sleep ; ( = hypnotiser) to hypnotisec. [+ douleur] to deaden ; [+ soupçons] to allay2. reflexive verba. [personne] to fall asleepb. ( = se relâcher) to slacken off* * *ɑ̃dɔʀmiʀ
1.
1) ( naturellement) [personne] to send [somebody] to sleep [enfant]; ( chimiquement) [personne, substance] to put [somebody] to sleep [patient]2) ( donner envie de dormir) [personne, discours] to send [somebody] to sleep [personne] ( avec with)4) ( atténuer) to lessen [vigilance]; to allay [soupçon]; to numb [faculté]
2.
s'endormir verbe pronominal1) ( s'assoupir) to fall asleep; ( trouver le sommeil) to get to sleep2) ( se laisser aller) to sit back3) ( décéder) fml to pass away* * *ɑ̃dɔʀmiʀ vtCette piqûre sert à endormir le nerf. — This injection is to deaden the nerve.
2) [chaleur] to send to sleep3) [soupçons] to allay4) [enfant] to send to sleep* * *endormir verb table: partirA vtr1 ( naturellement) [personne] to send [sb] to sleep [enfant]; ( chimiquement) [personne, substance] to put [sb] to sleep [patient]; endormir un enfant en lui chantant une berceuse to sing a child to sleep with a lullaby; endormir un enfant en le berçant to lull ou rock a child to sleep; le médecin/l'éther l'a endormie the doctor/the ether put her to sleep;2 ( donner envie de dormir) [personne, spectacle, discours] to send [sb] to sleep [personne] (avec with); il va nous endormir avec ses histoires he is going to send us to sleep with his stories;3 ( tromper) to dupe [personne, opinion, ennemi] (avec with); endormir l'opposition par des promesses to dupe the opposition with promises; se laisser endormir dans une sécurité trompeuse to be lulled into a false sense of security;B s'endormir vpr1 ( s'assoupir) to fall asleep; ( trouver le sommeil) to get to sleep; s'endormir instantanément/à son bureau/sur un livre to fall asleep instantly/at one's desk/over a book; je n'arrivais pas à m'endormir I couldn't get to sleep;2 ( se laisser aller) to sit back; ce n'est pas le moment de nous endormir we shouldn't sit back now;[ɑ̃dɔrmir] verbe transitif1. [d'un sommeil naturel] to put ou to send to sleep[avec douceur] to lull to sleep2. [anesthésier] to put to sleep4. [tromper - électeurs, public] to lull into a false sense of security————————s'endormir verbe pronominal intransitif2. [sous anesthésie] to go to sleep3. [mourir] to pass away ou on5. [devenir calme - maisonnée, pays] to grow calm6. [s'affaiblir - douleur] to subside, to die down ; [ - scrupules] to be allayed ; [ - vigilance] to slacken -
6 allentare
to loose* * *1. v/t loosenfig disciplina, sorveglianza relax2. v/i allentarsi loosen* * *allentare v.tr.1 to slacken, to loosen, to relax; allentare le redini, to loosen (o to slacken) the reins; allentare la stretta, to relax one's hold; allentare la cintura, to loosen one's belt; allentare il freno, to release the brake; allentare una vite, to loosen a screw // allentare la disciplina, to relax the discipline; allentare la sorveglianza, to reduce the surveillance◘ allentarsi v.intr.pron. to slacken (off), to loosen, to become* slack; ( di ingranaggio) to work loose: i rapporti di amicizia si sono allentati, the ties of friendship loosened // la disciplina si allentò, discipline was relaxed.* * *[allen'tare]1. vt1) (nodo, cintura, vite) to loosen2) (diminuire: disciplina) to relax2. vip (allentarsi)(nodo, stringhe) to loosen, become loose, (ingranaggio, vite) to loosen, work loose* * *[allen'tare] 1.verbo transitivo1) to loosen [cravatta, cintura, nodo]; to loosen, to unloose [ vite]; to loosen, to slacken [ corda]; to release [ freno]allentare la presa su qcs. — to relax o loosen one's grip on sth
2) fig. to weaken [ legami]; to loosen, to relax, to let* up on [ disciplina]; to reduce [ sorveglianza]; to ease [ tensione]2.verbo pronominale allentarsi1) [cravatta, cintura, nodo, vite] to come* loose, to loosen; [ corda] to slacken2) fig. (diminuire) [disciplina, sorveglianza] to get* slack, to grow* slack, to relax; [legami, relazioni] to loosen, to weaken, to cool; [ tensione] to ease* * *allentare/allen'tare/ [1]1 to loosen [cravatta, cintura, nodo]; to loosen, to unloose [ vite]; to loosen, to slacken [ corda]; to release [ freno]; allentare la presa su qcs. to relax o loosen one's grip on sth.2 fig. to weaken [ legami]; to loosen, to relax, to let* up on [ disciplina]; to reduce [ sorveglianza]; to ease [ tensione]II allentarsi verbo pronominale1 [cravatta, cintura, nodo, vite] to come* loose, to loosen; [ corda] to slacken2 fig. (diminuire) [disciplina, sorveglianza] to get* slack, to grow* slack, to relax; [legami, relazioni] to loosen, to weaken, to cool; [ tensione] to ease. -
7 abnehmen
(unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t1. (herunternehmen) take off (von etw. (from) s.th.); remove ( von from) (beide auch TECH.); (Hut, Mantel) auch take off; (Bild, Wäsche, Vorhang) auch take down; (Obst, Strauchfrüchte) pick2. (Bein etc.) amputate, take off; (Bart) shave off; ( jemandem) Blut abnehmen take a blood sample (from s.o.)3. (wegnehmen) jemandem etw. abnehmen take s.th. away from s.o.; jemandem den Führerschein abnehmen take s.o.’s driving licen|ce (Am. -se) away4. umg. (verlangen) jemandem etw. abnehmen charge s.o. s.th. allg.; jemandem zu viel abnehmen overcharge s.o.5. (von etw. befreien) jemandem etw. abnehmen (Aufgabe, Last, Sorge etc.) relieve s.o. of s.th.; darf ich Ihnen Ihre Tasche abnehmen? can I carry your bag for you?, may I help you with your bag?; kann ich dir etwas abnehmen? can I give you a hand with anything?; den Weg kann ich dir abnehmen I can save you the journey6. WIRTS. (Ware) buy ( Dat from); (Lieferung) take delivery of; das nimmt ihm keiner ab umg., fig. (glaubt ihm keiner) nobody will buy that8. fig.: jemandem die Beichte abnehmen hear s.o.’s confession; jemandem einen Eid / ein Versprechen abnehmen make s.o. swear an oath / make a promise; jemandem die Fingerabdrücke abnehmen take ( oder get) s.o.’s fingerprintsII vt/i1. (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight; durch Diät: be slimming (Am. dieting, reducing); 10 Pfund etc. abnehmen lose 10 pounds etc.2. beim Stricken: (Maschen) decrease3. ( den Hörer) abnehmen pick up the receiver, answer (the phone); nimmst du mal ab? can you get it?III v/i decrease, decline, diminish, grow less; Kräfte, Leistungsvermögen: diminish, langsam: dwindle; Geschwindigkeit: slacken (off), slow down; Sturm: abate, subside; Macht, Begeisterung, Nachfrage, Anzahl etc.: decline, wane; Mond: (be on the) wane; Temperatur, Fieber, Todesfälle: drop, fall, subside; Druck, Erregung, Schwellung, Schmerzen, Spannung: subside, lessen, fall off; Helligkeit: fade, diminish; Kälte, Niveau: drop* * *(Bart) to shave off;(Gewicht) to lose weight;(Mond) to wane; to be on the wane;(Telefon) to answer the phone; to answer the telephone;(Ware) to take delivery of; to buy;(akzeptieren) to accept;(amputieren) to amputate; to take off;(herunternehmen) to take off; to take down;(sich verringern) to decrease; to decline; to fall; to lessen; to diminish;(wegnehmen) to remove* * *ạb|neh|men sep1. vt1) (= herunternehmen) to take off, to remove; Hörer to lift, to pick up; (= lüften) Hut to raise; Vorhang, Bild, Wäsche to take down; Maschen to decrease; (= abrasieren) Bart to take or shave off; (= amputieren) to amputate; (CARDS ) Karte to take from the pile2)(= an sich nehmen)
jdm etw abnehmen — to take sth from sb, to relieve sb of sth (form); (fig) Arbeit, Sorgen to take sth off sb's shoulders, to relieve sb of sthdarf ich Ihnen den Mantel/die Tasche abnehmen? — can I take your coat/bag?
jdm einen Eid abnehmen — to administer an oath to sb
jdm eine Besorgung abnehmen — to do some shopping for sb
3) (= wegnehmen) to take away (jdm from sb); (= rauben, abgewinnen) to take (jdm off sb); (inf = abverlangen) to take (jdm off sb)jdm den Ball abnehmen (Sport) — to steal the ball from sb
4) (= begutachten) Gebäude, Wohnung, Auto to inspect; (= abhalten) Prüfung to hold; TÜV to carry out7) (fig inf = glauben) to buy (inf)dieses Märchen nimmt dir keiner ab! (inf) — nobody will buy that tale! (inf)
2. vi1) (= sich verringern) to decrease; (Vorräte) to go down, to decrease; (zahlenmäßig, mengenmäßig) to drop, to decrease; (Unfälle, Diebstähle etc) to decrease (in number); (Niveau) to go down, to decline; (Kräfte, Energie) to fail, to decline; (Fieber) to lessen, to go down; (Interesse, Nachfrage) to fall off, to decline; (Aufmerksamkeit) to fall off, to flag, to wane; (Mond) to wane; (Tage) to grow or get shorter; (beim Stricken) to decrease* * *1) (to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) decrease2) (to unfasten or remove (from): I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back.) detach3) (to become smaller in number or amount: Audiences often fall off during the summer.) fall off4) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) reduce5) (the process or practice of trying to become slimmer: Slimming should be done carefully.) slimming6) ((of the moon) to appear to become smaller as less of it is visible.) wane* * *ab|neh·men1I. vt1. (abmachen)nehmen Sie bitte den Hut ab! please take your hat off!bei der Jacke kann man die Kapuze \abnehmen the jacket has a detachable hoodein Bild/Vorhänge \abnehmen to take down a picture/curtains sepein Bild von der Wand \abnehmen to take a picture off the wallden Deckel \abnehmen to take off the lid sepdie Wäsche von der Leine \abnehmen to take the washing off the linenimm bitte draußen die Wäsche ab! can you get the washing in, please?2. (hochheben)den Hörer \abnehmen to pick up the receiver sepdas Telefon \abnehmen to answer the phonedas zerquetschte Bein musste ihm abgenommen werden they had to take off [or amputate] his crushed legzehn Maschen \abnehmen to decrease ten stitches5. (entgegennehmen, tragen helfen)▪ jdm etw \abnehmen:kann ich dir was \abnehmen? can I carry something?kannst du mir bitte kurz das Paket \abnehmen? could you take [or hold] the parcel for a moment?darf ich Ihnen den Mantel \abnehmen? may I take your coat?jdm die Beichte \abnehmen to hear sb's confessionjdm einen Eid \abnehmen to administer an oath to sbjdm Fingerabdrücke \abnehmen to take sb's fingerprintsjdm das Versprechen \abnehmen, etw zu tun to make sb promise to do sth7. (wegnehmen)▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to take sth from [or off] sb; (jds Eigentum stehlen, entziehen) to take sb's sth; (fig: abgewinnen) to win sth from sb; (fig: abverlangen) to charge sb sthdie Lehrerin nahm ihm sein Handy ab, weil er im Unterricht Nachrichten verschickte the teacher took his mobile off him because he was writing text messages in the lessoner nahm seinem Gegenüber beim Poker große Summen ab he won a lot of money from his opponent at pokerjdm den Führerschein \abnehmen to withdraw sb's driving licence [or AM driver's license▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to buy sth from sb a. figniemand wollte ihm die Ladenhüter \abnehmen no one wanted to buy the line that was not selling from him9. (übernehmen)▪ jdm etw \abnehmen to take sth off sb's shoulderskann ich dir etwas \abnehmen? can I help you?deine Arbeit kann ich dir nicht \abnehmen I can't do your work for youkann ich dir die eine oder andere Besorgung \abnehmen? would you like me to do some of the shopping for you?10. (begutachten und genehmigen)ein Fahrzeug \abnehmen lassen to take a car for an MOT testder Wagen konnte nicht abgenommen werden the car failed its MOTein Gebäude/eine Wohnung \abnehmen to pass a building/a flat after inspectionein Gerät \abnehmen to accept an appliance11. (abhalten)eine Prüfung \abnehmen to hold an examII. vigestern nahm bei ihr niemand ab no one answered her phone yesterday2. (beim Stricken, Häkeln) to decreaseab|neh·men21. (Gewicht verlieren) to lose weightfünf Kilo/einige Pfund \abnehmen to lose five kilo/a few poundsim Gesicht/an den Hüften \abnehmen to lose weight in the face/on the hips3. (nachlassen) to diminish; Fieber to go down; Aufmerksamkeit to wane; (sich verschlechtern) to deterioratedurch die Krankheit nahmen ihre Kräfte immer mehr ab her strength continued to decrease due to her illnessbei zu hohen Preisen nimmt das Interesse der Kunden deutlich ab when the price is too high, customers lose interestihre Sehkraft nimmt immer mehr ab her eyesight is deteriorating more and morebei \abnehmendem Mond during a waning moon* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (entfernen) take off; remove; take down <picture, curtain, lamp>2) (übernehmen) takejemandem den Koffer abnehmen — take somebody's suitcase [from him/her]
kann/darf ich Ihnen etwas abnehmen? — can/may I carry something for you?
jemandem seine Sorgen abnehmen — relieve somebody of his/her worries
jemandem ein Versprechen/einen Eid abnehmen — make somebody give a promise/swear an oath
5) (wegnehmen) take away <driving licence, passport>7) (abkaufen)8) (ugs.): (glauben)das nehme ich dir/ihm usw. nicht ab — I won't buy that (coll.)
10) auch itr. (Handarb.) decrease2.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) (ans Telefon gehen) answer the telephone2) (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight3) (sich verringern) decrease; drop; <attention, interest> flag; < brightness> diminish; < moon> wane* * *abnehmen (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/t1. (herunternehmen) take off (von etwas (from) sth); remove (von from) ( beide auch TECH); (Hut, Mantel) auch take off; (Bild, Wäsche, Vorhang) auch take down; (Obst, Strauchfrüchte) pick(jemandem) Blut abnehmen take a blood sample (from sb)3. (wegnehmen)jemandem etwas abnehmen take sth away from sb;jemandem den Führerschein abnehmen take sb’s driving licence (US -se) away;jemandem den Ball abnehmen steal the ball from sb4. umg (verlangen)jemandem etwas abnehmen charge sb sth allg;jemandem zu viel abnehmen overcharge sb5. (von etwas befreien)jemandem etwas abnehmen (Aufgabe, Last, Sorge etc) relieve sb of sth;darf ich Ihnen Ihre Tasche abnehmen? can I carry your bag for you?, may I help you with your bag?;kann ich dir etwas abnehmen? can I give you a hand with anything?;den Weg kann ich dir abnehmen I can save you the journeydas nimmt ihm keiner ab umg, fig (glaubt ihm keiner) nobody will buy that8. fig:jemandem die Beichte abnehmen hear sb’s confession;jemandem einen Eid/ein Versprechen abnehmen make sb swear an oath/make a promise;jemandem die Fingerabdrücke abnehmen take ( oder get) sb’s fingerprintsB. v/t & v/i10 Pfund etcabnehmen lose 10 pounds etc2. beim Stricken: (Maschen) decrease3.(den Hörer) abnehmen pick up the receiver, answer (the phone);nimmst du mal ab? can you get it?C. v/i decrease, decline, diminish, grow less; Kräfte, Leistungsvermögen: diminish, langsam: dwindle; Geschwindigkeit: slacken (off), slow down; Sturm: abate, subside; Macht, Begeisterung, Nachfrage, Anzahl etc: decline, wane; Mond: (be on the) wane; Temperatur, Fieber, Todesfälle: drop, fall, subside; Druck, Erregung, Schwellung, Schmerzen, Spannung: subside, lessen, fall off; Helligkeit: fade, diminish; Kälte, Niveau: drop* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) (entfernen) take off; remove; take down <picture, curtain, lamp>2) (übernehmen) takejemandem den Koffer abnehmen — take somebody's suitcase [from him/her]
kann/darf ich Ihnen etwas abnehmen? — can/may I carry something for you?
jemandem seine Sorgen abnehmen — relieve somebody of his/her worries
jemandem ein Versprechen/einen Eid abnehmen — make somebody give a promise/swear an oath
5) (wegnehmen) take away <driving licence, passport>7) (abkaufen)8) (ugs.): (glauben)das nehme ich dir/ihm usw. nicht ab — I won't buy that (coll.)
10) auch itr. (Handarb.) decrease2.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) (ans Telefon gehen) answer the telephone2) (Gewicht verlieren) lose weight3) (sich verringern) decrease; drop; <attention, interest> flag; < brightness> diminish; < moon> wane* * *-ungen n.abatement n. -
8 verlangsamen
* * *to slacken; to retard; to decelerate; to slow down* * *ver|lạng|sa|men [fɛɐ'laŋzaːmən] ptp verla\#ngsamt1. vtto slow down or up; Geschwindigkeit to reduce, to decelerate; Produktion auch to decelerate; Entwicklung auch to retarder musste das Tempo/seine Schritte verlangsamen — he had to slow down
2. vrto slow down or up; (Produktion auch) to decelerate* * *1) (to slow down, especially in a car etc: You must decelerate before a crossroads.) decelerate2) (to make, or become slower: The car slowed to take the corner.) slow* * *ver·lang·sa·men *[fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋza:mən]I. vt▪ etw \verlangsamen1. (langsamer werden lassen) to reduce sthdie Fahrt/das Tempo \verlangsamen to reduce [one's] speeddie Schritte \verlangsamen to slow [or slacken] one's paceVerhandlungen \verlangsamen to hold up sep negotiationsII. vr* * *1.transitives Verb2.das Tempo/seine Schritte verlangsamen — reduce speed/slacken one's pace; slow down
reflexives Verb slow down; < pace> slacken* * *die Geschwindigkeit verlangsamen auch reduce speedB. v/r slow down; Auto etc: auch lose speed* * *1.transitives Verb2.das Tempo/seine Schritte verlangsamen — reduce speed/slacken one's pace; slow down
reflexives Verb slow down; < pace> slacken* * *v.to decelerate v.to slow down v. -
9 nachlassen
Nachlassen n 1. GEN slack, abatement; 2. WIWI slackening* * *v 1. < Börse> run low; 2. < Geschäft> wane, Arbeiter, Geschäft, Nachfrage slack off, slacken off; Kontrolle relax, Preise reduce; 3. < Mgmnt> Kontrolle relax, slacken; 4. <Vw> Wirtschaftsaufschwung slacken* * *Nachlassen
slowdown, slacken[ing], decrease, abatement, wane, (Diskont) allowance, reduction, discount;
• Nachlassen der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität shakeout;
• Nachlassen der Auslandsinvestitionen external disinvestment;
• Nachlassen der Geschäfte slackening of business;
• Nachlassen der Konjunktur economic slowdown (slackening), softening of the economy;
• plötzliches Nachlassen der Konjunktur abrupt downturn;
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10 arriar
v.1 to lower (velas).2 to haul down, to pull down the flag.* * *1 (velas) to lower2 (bandera) to strike* * *1. VT1) [+ bandera] to lower, strike; [+ vela] to haul down; [+ cable] to loosen2) (=inundar) to flood2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) <bandera/vela> to lower* * *verbo transitivoa) <bandera/vela> to lower* * *vtA1 ‹bandera/vela› to lower, strikeB ( RPl) ‹ganado› to drive, herd* * *
arriar ( conjugate arriar) verbo transitivo ‹bandera/vela› to lower
arriar verbo transitivo to haul down, lower: al entrar en el puerto, arriamos las velas, we hauled down the sails when we came into port
' arriar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bandera
English:
lower
- herd
* * *arriar vt[velas, bandera] to lower* * *v/t lower, strike;arriar velas lower o strike the sails -
11 ослабить
1) General subject: abate, allay, attenuate, break, de emphasize, deaden, depress, diminish, ease, ease off, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, honeycomb, impair, kill, knock up, loose, loosen, paralyse, paralyze, pull down, reduce, relax, relieve, remit, slack, slacken, subdue, take the edge off (что-л.), weaken, shake, take the edge off (силу, напряжение), take the edge off (смягчить, что-л.), moderate, blunt2) Geology: wane3) Medicine: debilitate4) Obsolete: rebate6) Engineering: power down, release, backout7) Railway term: ease off (затяжку болта или гайки), slacken off, smooth out8) Automobile industry: ease off (затяжку болта, гайки), slack-off9) Architecture: degrade11) Oil: loosen (резьбовое соединение; натяжение каната)12) Astronautics: damp13) Makarov: take the edge off (smth.) (что-л.) -
12 amainar
v.1 to take in (Nautical).2 to abate, to die down (also figurative).3 to decrease, to ease off, to lessen, to lower.La violencia amainó Violence decreased.Me amainó la fiebre My fever decreased.4 to have less.Me amainó la fiebre I have less fever.* * *1 (viento) to die down, drop2 figurado (calmarse) to calm down* * *1.VT [+ vela] to take in, shorten; [+ furia] to calm2.VISee:* * *1.verbo intransitivo lluvia to ease up o off, abate; temporal/viento to die down, abate; pasión/enfado to abate2.* * *= subside, abate.Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.* * *1.verbo intransitivo lluvia to ease up o off, abate; temporal/viento to die down, abate; pasión/enfado to abate2.* * *= subside, abate.Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.
Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.* * *amainar [A1 ]vi1 «lluvia» to ease up o off, abate; «temporal/viento» to die down, abate2 «pasión/enfado» to abate■ amainarvt‹velas› to shorten* * *
amainar ( conjugate amainar) verbo intransitivo [ lluvia] to ease up o off, abate;
[temporal/viento] to die down, abate
amainar vi (viento, etc) to drop, die down
' amainar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abate
- apaciguarse
English:
abate
- die down
- drop
- fall
- moderate
- quieten
- relent
- slacken
- subside
- die
- ease
- go
- let
* * *♦ vtNáut to take in♦ vi1. [temporal, lluvia, viento] to abate, to die down2. [enfado, críticas] to abate, to die down* * ** * *amainar vi: to abate, to ease up, to die down -
13 распускать
1) General subject: break up (учеников на каникулы), disband, discharge (комиссию), disembody, disincorporate, dissolve (парламент и т. п.), ease, expand, loose (волосы), loosen, melt, pay off (команду корабля), ravel (вязанье), slack, slacken (часто slacken off, slacken away), spoil, spread, unbind, unbridle, undo, unfurl, unknit (вязанье), unpick (вязанье), unplait (волосы), unstring (бусы), ride with a loose rein, (слухи) retail (rumours)5) Engineering: repulp (бумажный брак)6) Rare: disbody7) Economy: dismiss (собравшихс)8) Diplomatic term: disintegrate9) Textile: unravel, unrove, unstitch, unweave (дефектное полотно)10) Makarov: drop, dismiss, fan out (стопу листов) -
14 ristagnare
ristagnare1 v. intr.1 to stagnate, to be stagnant: le acque ristagnarono nella valle, the waters stagnated in the valley; in questo punto il fiume ristagna, the river becomes stagnant at this point2 ( languire) to be at a standstill; (econ.) to be slack, to be stagnant: le attività ristagnano, business is stagnant (o slack); il mercato ristagna, the market is flat (o at a standstill).◘ ristagnarsi v.intr.pron. to stop circulating.ristagnare2 v.tr.1 ( ricoprire di nuovo di stagno) to coat with tin again; ( per immersione) to tin again, to re-tin; ( elettroliticamente) to tin-plate again2 ( saldare di nuovo) to resolder, to solder again.* * *[ristaɲ'ɲare]1) [acqua, stagno] to stagnate; [ odore] to cling*2) fig. [ economia] to stagnate; [affari, commercio] to slack off, to slacken (off)* * *ristagnare/ristaŋ'ŋare/ [1](aus. avere)1 [acqua, stagno] to stagnate; [ odore] to cling*2 fig. [ economia] to stagnate; [affari, commercio] to slack off, to slacken (off). -
15 se relâcher
ʀ(ə)lɒʃe1. vpr/pass1) [corde] to slacken, [étreinte] to loosen2) [discipline] to become lax3) [vigilance] to slacken, [attention] to flag2. vpr/vi[élève] to slacken offIl se relâche dans son travail. — His work is getting careless.
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16 relajarse
1 (descansar) to relax2 figurado (en las costumbres) to let oneself go3 (dilatarse) to slacken* * *VPR1) (=sosegarse) to relax2) (=aflojarse) to slacken off, loosen3) [moralmente] [persona] to go off the straight and narrow, go to the bad; [moralidad] to become lax4) (Med)* * *(v.) = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow outEx. The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.Ex. I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.Ex. The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.Ex. The author tells us that everyone is in too much of a rush and we should all chill out and savour the passing parade a bit more.Ex. Guests can unwind with a soak in the outdoor heated pool or sunbathe with a drink on the terrace bar.Ex. Then he started to wind down a bit and I felt like we were moving toward the topic he had been avoiding all week.Ex. There were about 15 of us in the kitchen and it was time to mellow out with a little dessert and a bottle of sweet wine.* * *(v.) = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow outEx: The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.
Ex: I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.Ex: The next morning I wasn't sore at all (since I had taken it easy) but both Jason and I had second-degree sun and wind burns.Ex: The author tells us that everyone is in too much of a rush and we should all chill out and savour the passing parade a bit more.Ex: Guests can unwind with a soak in the outdoor heated pool or sunbathe with a drink on the terrace bar.Ex: Then he started to wind down a bit and I felt like we were moving toward the topic he had been avoiding all week.Ex: There were about 15 of us in the kitchen and it was time to mellow out with a little dessert and a bottle of sweet wine.* * *
■relajarse verbo reflexivo
1 (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax
2 (la moral, las costumbres, etc) to decline, become lax
' relajarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
relajar
English:
hang
- highly-strung
- outlet
- relax
- unbend
- unwind
- wind down
- lighten
- wind
* * *vpr1. [distenderse] to relax;siéntate y relájate sit down and relax2. [hacerse menos estricto]se han relajado las restricciones a la inmigración immigration restrictions have been relaxed3. RP [desordenarse] to get out of hand;en cuanto la maestra sale del salón, se relajan as soon as the teacher leaves the room, they go wild* * *v/r relax* * *vr* * *relajarse vb to relax -
17 poluz|ować
pf — poluz|owywać impf Ⅰ vt 1. to loosen [węzeł, krawat, kołnierz]; to slacken off, to slacken [sth] off [linkę, kabel] Żegl. to pay out, to ease [linę, żagiel]; to start, to ease [śrubę, nakrętkę]- poluzował pasy w samochodzie he slackened the seat belts2. przen. to relax [dyscyplinę, przepisy, politykę]- poluzować dietę to relax a diet a. regimenⅡ poluzować się [śruba, nakrętka] to start, to loosenThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > poluz|ować
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18 flojear
v.1 to weaken (piernas, fuerzas).me flojeaban las fuerzas I was feeling weakle flojea la memoria his memory is going o failing2 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.* * *1 (disminuir) to fall off, go down2 (debilitarse) to weaken, grow weak* * *VI1) (=debilitarse)2) (=flaquear)* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( debilitarse) to grow o get weakb) (fam) ( holgazanear) to laze around* * *= 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.* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( debilitarse) to grow o get weakb) (fam) ( holgazanear) to laze around* * *= 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.* * *flojear [A1 ]vi1 (debilitarse) to grow o get weakme flojean las piernas my legs are getting weaknos flojeaban las fuerzas our strength was ebbing away, we were getting weaker o flagging2 ( fam) (holgazanear) to laze around* * *
flojear ( conjugate flojear) verbo intransitivo
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
* * *flojear vi1. [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 literaturepasamos el domingo entero flojeando we just lazed about o around all Sunday* * *v/i weaken, become oget weak* * *flojear vi1) debilitarse: to weaken, to flag2) : to idle, to loaf around* * * -
19 afluixar
v1. to loosen / to slacken2. to ease up / to abate (formal)3. to slow down / to slacken off -
20 verlangsamen
ver·lang·sa·men * [fɛɐ̭ʼlaŋza:mən]vtetw \verlangsamen1) ( langsamer werden lassen) to reduce sth;die Fahrt/das Tempo \verlangsamen to reduce [one's] speed;die Schritte \verlangsamen to slow [or slacken] one's paceVerhandlungen \verlangsamen to hold up sep negotiationsvrsich \verlangsamen to slow [down], to slacken off [ sep one's pace]
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