flojear
Spanish, verb/floxeˈaɾ/
flojear is spelled F-L-O-J-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flojear is a Spanish verb meaning “to idle, be lazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disminuir el vigor, perder fuerza”.
What does flojear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to idle, be lazy
- 2
to weaken
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disminuir el vigor, perder fuerza. 2. Decaer en el ánimo o entusiasmo. 3. Descansar en vez de trabajar. 4. Actuar con pereza y desidia.
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 flojear
- flojeo first-person present singular
- flojeé first-person preterite singular
- flojeado participle past
- flojeando gerund
- flojeada feminine participle past
- flojeados masculine participle past
- flojeadas feminine participle past
- flojeas indicative informal present
- flojeás indicative informal present
- flojea indicative present singular
- flojeamos first-person indicative plural
- flojeáis indicative plural present
- flojean indicative plural present
- flojeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- flojeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- flojeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- flojeabais imperfect indicative plural
- flojeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flojear?
- /floxeˈaɾ/
- [flo.xeˈaɾ]
- [floxeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flojear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flojear in Spanish?
flojear appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).