aflojar - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to abate  | abated, abated |	aflojar
to slack off	aflojar
to unbuckle  | unbuckled, unbuckled |	aflojar   - desabrochar
to die down	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to ease off (or: up)  | eased, eased |	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to fall away  | fell, fallen |	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to let up  | let, let |	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to slow down	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to subside  | subsided, subsided |	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to weaken  | weakened, weakened |	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to ease  | eased, eased |   - e. g. rain, storm	aflojar   - epidemia, tormenta, etc.
to slacken sth. off	aflojar algo
to ease sth.  | eased, eased |   - loosen	aflojar algo
to loosen sth.  | loosened, loosened |   - make less tight	aflojar algo
to relax sth.  | relaxed, relaxed |   - make less stiff	aflojar algo
to cough sth. ⇔  up  | coughed, coughed | [coll.]	aflojar algo [coll.]   - dinero

Nouns

tug of war   or: tug-of-war   - for sth.	tira y afloja   or  [fig.]
full release [TECH.]	sacudida de afloje
throw-off guard [TECH.]	seguridad de afloje de pasamanos

Phrases / Collocations

to slacken the reins	aflojar las riendas [fig.]
scrap (for sth.) [coll.]   - fight	tira y afloja   - discusión

Orthographically similar words

aflorar, alojar, flojear

Related search terms

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