aflojar
Spanish, verb/afloˈxaɾ/
aflojar is spelled A-F-L-O-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aflojar is a Spanish verb meaning “to loosen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducir la fuerza que un cosa o persona ejerce como presión o tensión”.
What does aflojar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to loosen
- 2
to slacken, to unclench
No aflojen el trabajo en tiempo de guerra.
- 3
to ease up, to let up
La tormenta aflojó.
- 4
to cough up, shell out (pay money)
- 5
to slack off, to relax
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducir la fuerza que un cosa o persona ejerce como presión o tensión. 2. Figurativamente, ceder ante una presión y entregar un bien contra la propia voluntad. 3. Asestar un golpe a alguien con violencia, o arrojarle alguna cosa.
verb: 1. Reducir el empeño o aplicación que se pone en alguna actividad. 2. Perder vehemencia o intensidad alguna cosa. 3. Dicho de un caballo o bestia de carga, pisar con poca fuerza en algún miembro por hallarse dolorido o lesionado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aflojar
- aflojo first-person present singular
- aflojé first-person preterite singular
- aflojado participle past
- aflojando gerund
- aflojada feminine participle past
- aflojados masculine participle past
- aflojadas feminine participle past
- aflojas indicative informal present
- aflojás indicative informal present
- afloja indicative present singular
- aflojamos first-person indicative plural
- aflojáis indicative plural present
- aflojan indicative plural present
- aflojaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aflojabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aflojábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aflojabais imperfect indicative plural
- aflojaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aflojar?
- /afloˈxaɾ/
- [a.floˈxaɾ]
- [afloˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aflojar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aflojar in Spanish?
aflojar appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).