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