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)

  1. (transitive) to relax, to loosen
  2. (transitive) to soothe (e.g., the body, one's skin)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to loosen up, to ease up, to ease, to lighten, (e.g., a restriction, the mood)
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to relax, to unwind, to chill, to chill out, to wind down, to kick back, to sit back, to loosen up, to decompress

Conjugation
    Conjugation of relajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive relajar
gerund relajando
past participle masculine feminine
singular relajado relajada
plural relajados relajadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present relajo relajastú
relajásvos		 relaja relajamos relajáis relajan
imperfect relajaba relajabas relajaba relajábamos relajabais relajaban
preterite relajé relajaste relajó relajamos relajasteis relajaron
future relajaré relajarás relajará relajaremos relajaréis relajarán
conditional relajaría relajarías relajaría relajaríamos relajaríais relajarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present relaje relajestú
relajésvos2		 relaje relajemos relajéis relajen
imperfect
(ra)		 relajara relajaras relajara relajáramos relajarais relajaran
imperfect
(se)		 relajase relajases relajase relajásemos relajaseis relajasen
future1 relajare relajares relajare relajáremos relajareis relajaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative relajatú
relajávos		 relaje relajemos relajad relajen
negative no relajes no relaje no relajemos no relajéis no relajen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of relajar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive relajar
dative relajarme relajarte relajarle, relajarse relajarnos relajaros relajarles, relajarse
accusative relajarme relajarte relajarlo, relajarla, relajarse relajarnos relajaros relajarlos, relajarlas, relajarse
with gerund relajando
dative relajándome relajándote relajándole, relajándose relajándonos relajándoos relajándoles, relajándose
accusative relajándome relajándote relajándolo, relajándola, relajándose relajándonos relajándoos relajándolos, relajándolas, relajándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative relaja
dative relájame relájate relájale relájanos not used relájales
accusative relájame relájate relájalo, relájala relájanos not used relájalos, relájalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative relajá
dative relajame relajate relajale relajanos not used relajales
accusative relajame relajate relajalo, relajala relajanos not used relajalos, relajalas
with formal second-person singular imperative relaje
dative relájeme not used relájele, relájese relájenos not used relájeles
accusative relájeme not used relájelo, relájela, relájese relájenos not used relájelos, relájelas
with first-person plural imperative relajemos
dative not used relajémoste relajémosle relajémonos relajémoos relajémosles
accusative not used relajémoste relajémoslo, relajémosla relajémonos relajémoos relajémoslos, relajémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative relajad
dative relajadme not used relajadle relajadnos relajaos relajadles
accusative relajadme not used relajadlo, relajadla relajadnos relajaos relajadlos, relajadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative relajen
dative relájenme not used relájenle relájennos not used relájenles, relájense
accusative relájenme not used relájenlo, relájenla relájennos not used relájenlos, relájenlas, relájense

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