aflojar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + flojo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afloˈxaɾ/ [a.floˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧flo‧jar
Verb
aflojar (first-person singular present aflojo, first-person singular preterite aflojé, past participle aflojado)
- (transitive) to loosen
- Synonym: relajar
- (transitive) to slacken, to unclench
- No aflojen el trabajo en tiempo de guerra.
- Don't slacken in your work in war time.
- (intransitive) to ease up, to let up
- La tormenta aflojó.
- The storm let up.
- (transitive) to cough up, shell out (pay money)
- (reflexive) to slack off, to relax
Conjugation
Conjugation of aflojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | aflojar | ||||||
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gerund | aflojando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | aflojado | aflojada | |||||
plural | aflojados | aflojadas | |||||
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 | aflojo | aflojastú aflojásvos | afloja | aflojamos | aflojáis | aflojan | |
imperfect | aflojaba | aflojabas | aflojaba | aflojábamos | aflojabais | aflojaban | |
preterite | aflojé | aflojaste | aflojó | aflojamos | aflojasteis | aflojaron | |
future | aflojaré | aflojarás | aflojará | aflojaremos | aflojaréis | aflojarán | |
conditional | aflojaría | aflojarías | aflojaría | aflojaríamos | aflojaríais | aflojarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | afloje | aflojestú aflojésvos2 | afloje | aflojemos | aflojéis | aflojen | |
imperfect (ra) | aflojara | aflojaras | aflojara | aflojáramos | aflojarais | aflojaran | |
imperfect (se) | aflojase | aflojases | aflojase | aflojásemos | aflojaseis | aflojasen | |
future1 | aflojare | aflojares | aflojare | aflojáremos | aflojareis | aflojaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | aflojatú aflojávos | afloje | aflojemos | aflojad | aflojen | ||
negative | no aflojes | no afloje | no aflojemos | no aflojéis | no aflojen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aflojar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive aflojar | |||||||
dative | aflojarme | aflojarte | aflojarle, aflojarse | aflojarnos | aflojaros | aflojarles, aflojarse | |
accusative | aflojarme | aflojarte | aflojarlo, aflojarla, aflojarse | aflojarnos | aflojaros | aflojarlos, aflojarlas, aflojarse | |
with gerund aflojando | |||||||
dative | aflojándome | aflojándote | aflojándole, aflojándose | aflojándonos | aflojándoos | aflojándoles, aflojándose | |
accusative | aflojándome | aflojándote | aflojándolo, aflojándola, aflojándose | aflojándonos | aflojándoos | aflojándolos, aflojándolas, aflojándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative afloja | |||||||
dative | aflójame | aflójate | aflójale | aflójanos | not used | aflójales | |
accusative | aflójame | aflójate | aflójalo, aflójala | aflójanos | not used | aflójalos, aflójalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aflojá | |||||||
dative | aflojame | aflojate | aflojale | aflojanos | not used | aflojales | |
accusative | aflojame | aflojate | aflojalo, aflojala | aflojanos | not used | aflojalos, aflojalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative afloje | |||||||
dative | aflójeme | not used | aflójele, aflójese | aflójenos | not used | aflójeles | |
accusative | aflójeme | not used | aflójelo, aflójela, aflójese | aflójenos | not used | aflójelos, aflójelas | |
with first-person plural imperative aflojemos | |||||||
dative | not used | aflojémoste | aflojémosle | aflojémonos | aflojémoos | aflojémosles | |
accusative | not used | aflojémoste | aflojémoslo, aflojémosla | aflojémonos | aflojémoos | aflojémoslos, aflojémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative aflojad | |||||||
dative | aflojadme | not used | aflojadle | aflojadnos | aflojaos | aflojadles | |
accusative | aflojadme | not used | aflojadlo, aflojadla | aflojadnos | aflojaos | aflojadlos, aflojadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative aflojen | |||||||
dative | aflójenme | not used | aflójenle | aflójennos | not used | aflójenles, aflójense | |
accusative | aflójenme | not used | aflójenlo, aflójenla | aflójennos | not used | aflójenlos, aflójenlas, aflójense |
Derived terms
- aflojamiento
- tira y afloja
Further reading
- “aflojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014