relajar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin relaxāre. Cognate with English relax. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /relaˈxaɾ/ [re.laˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: re‧la‧jar === Verb === relajar (first-person singular present relajo, first-person singular preterite relajé, past participle relajado) (transitive) to relax, to loosen (transitive) to soothe (e.g., the body, one's skin) (transitive, figuratively) to loosen up, to ease up, to ease, to lighten, (e.g., a restriction, the mood) (pronominal) to relax, to unwind, to chill, to chill out, to wind down, to kick back, to sit back, to loosen up, to decompress ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “relajar”, 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