aflojar las riendas

== Spanish == === Verb === aflojar las riendas (first-person singular present aflojo las riendas, first-person singular preterite aflojé las riendas, past participle aflojado las riendas) (idiomatic) to loosen up (act less seriously) === Further reading === “aflojar las riendas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025