aflojar
Meanings
Verb
1. to loosen (transitive)
2. to slacken, to unclench (transitive)
3. to ease up, to let up (intransitive)
4. to cough up, shell out (pay money) (transitive)
5. to slack off, to relax (reflexive)
Examples15
No aflojen el trabajo en tiempo de guerra.
Don't slacken in your work in war time.
La tormenta aflojó.
The storm let up.
Unas copas de vino pueden aflojar la lengua.
A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
Tom se aflojó su cuello.
Tom loosened his collar.
La tormenta aflojó.
The storm let up.
Tom se aflojó su corbata.
Tom loosened his tie.