aflojar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afloˈxaɾ/ [a.floˈxaɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧flo‧jar
Verb
aflojar (first-person singular present aflojo, first-person singular preterite aflojé, past participle aflojado)
- (transitive) to loosen
- Synonym: relajar
- (transitive) to slacken, to unclench
- No aflojen el trabajo en tiempo de guerra.
- Don't slacken in your work in war time.
- (intransitive) to ease up, to let up
- La tormenta aflojó.
- The storm let up.
- (transitive) to cough up, shell out (pay money)
- (reflexive) to slack off, to relax
Conjugation
Conjugation of aflojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of aflojar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive aflojar | dative | aflojarme | aflojarte | aflojarle, aflojarse | aflojarnos | aflojaros | aflojarles, aflojarse |
| accusative | aflojarme | aflojarte | aflojarlo, aflojarla, aflojarse | aflojarnos | aflojaros | aflojarlos, aflojarlas, aflojarse | |
| with gerund aflojando | dative | aflojándome | aflojándote | aflojándole, aflojándose | aflojándonos | aflojándoos | aflojándoles, aflojándose |
| accusative | aflojándome | aflojándote | aflojándolo, aflojándola, aflojándose | aflojándonos | aflojándoos | aflojándolos, aflojándolas, aflojándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative afloja | dative | aflójame | aflójate | aflójale | aflójanos | not used | aflójales |
| accusative | aflójame | aflójate | aflójalo, aflójala | aflójanos | not used | aflójalos, aflójalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aflojá | dative | aflojame | aflojate | aflojale | aflojanos | not used | aflojales |
| accusative | aflojame | aflojate | aflojalo, aflojala | aflojanos | not used | aflojalos, aflojalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative afloje | dative | aflójeme | not used | aflójele, aflójese | aflójenos | not used | aflójeles |
| accusative | aflójeme | not used | aflójelo, aflójela, aflójese | aflójenos | not used | aflójelos, aflójelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aflojemos | dative | not used | aflojémoste | aflojémosle | aflojémonos | aflojémoos | aflojémosles |
| accusative | not used | aflojémoste | aflojémoslo, aflojémosla | aflojémonos | aflojémoos | aflojémoslos, aflojémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aflojad | dative | aflojadme | not used | aflojadle | aflojadnos | aflojaos | aflojadles |
| accusative | aflojadme | not used | aflojadlo, aflojadla | aflojadnos | aflojaos | aflojadlos, aflojadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aflojen | dative | aflójenme | not used | aflójenle | aflójennos | not used | aflójenles, aflójense |
| accusative | aflójenme | not used | aflójenlo, aflójenla | aflójennos | not used | aflójenlos, aflójenlas, aflójense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aflojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024