relajar
Spanish, verb/relaˈxaɾ/
relajar is spelled R-E-L-A-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to relax, to loosen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aflojar, ablandar, soltar”.
What does relajar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to relax, to loosen
- 2
to soothe (e.g., the body, one's skin)
- 3
to loosen up, to ease up, to ease, to lighten, (e.g., a restriction, the mood)
- 4
to relax, to unwind, to chill, to chill out, to wind down, to kick back, to sit back, to loosen up, to decompress
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aflojar, ablandar, soltar. 2. Ocasionar descaecimiento de la observancia de una ley, regla. 3. Relevar de algún voto o juramento. 4. Entretener el ánimo con algún descanso.
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 relajar
- relajo first-person present singular
- relajé first-person preterite singular
- relajado participle past
- relajando gerund
- relajada feminine participle past
- relajados masculine participle past
- relajadas feminine participle past
- relajas indicative informal present
- relajás indicative informal present
- relaja indicative present singular
- relajamos first-person indicative plural
- relajáis indicative plural present
- relajan indicative plural present
- relajaba first-person imperfect indicative
- relajabas imperfect indicative second-person
- relajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- relajabais imperfect indicative plural
- relajaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relajar?
- /relaˈxaɾ/
- [re.laˈxaɾ]
- [relaˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relajar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relajar in Spanish?
relajar appears 1.6 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).