laxar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō, whence also the inherited form deixar. Compare English lease.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ləkˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /lakˈsaɾ/
Verb
laxar (first-person singular present laxo, past participle laxat)
- (transitive) to ease, to loosen
Conjugation
Conjugation of laxar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | laxar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | laxant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | laxat | laxada | |||||
| plural | laxats | laxades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | laxo | laxes | laxa | laxem | laxeu | laxen | |
| imperfect | laxava | laxaves | laxava | laxàvem | laxàveu | laxaven | |
| future | laxaré | laxaràs | laxarà | laxarem | laxareu | laxaran | |
| preterite | laxí | laxares | laxà | laxàrem | laxàreu | laxaren | |
| conditional | laxaria | laxaries | laxaria | laxaríem | laxaríeu | laxarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | laxi | laxis | laxi | laxem | laxeu | laxin | |
| imperfect | laxés | laxessis | laxés | laxéssim | laxéssiu | laxessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | laxa | laxi | laxem | laxeu | laxin | ||
Derived terms
- laxant
Related terms
- lax
- laxatiu
Further reading
- “laxar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Icelandic
Noun
laxar
- indefinite nominative plural of lax
Old Norse
Noun
laxar
- nominative plural indefinite of lax m
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō, whence also the inherited Spanish dejar. Compare English lease.
Verb
laxar (first-person singular present laxo, first-person singular preterite laxé, past participle laxado)
- (rare, transitive) to ease, to loosen
Conjugation
Conjugation of laxar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | laxar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | laxando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | laxado | laxada | |||||
| plural | laxados | laxadas | |||||
| 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 | laxo | laxastú laxásvos | laxa | laxamos | laxáis | laxan | |
| imperfect | laxaba | laxabas | laxaba | laxábamos | laxabais | laxaban | |
| preterite | laxé | laxaste | laxó | laxamos | laxasteis | laxaron | |
| future | laxaré | laxarás | laxará | laxaremos | laxaréis | laxarán | |
| conditional | laxaría | laxarías | laxaría | laxaríamos | laxaríais | laxarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | laxe | laxestú laxésvos2 | laxe | laxemos | laxéis | laxen | |
| imperfect (ra) | laxara | laxaras | laxara | laxáramos | laxarais | laxaran | |
| imperfect (se) | laxase | laxases | laxase | laxásemos | laxaseis | laxasen | |
| future1 | laxare | laxares | laxare | laxáremos | laxareis | laxaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | laxatú laxávos | laxe | laxemos | laxad | laxen | ||
| negative | no laxes | no laxe | no laxemos | no laxéis | no laxen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “laxar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
laxar
- indefinite plural of lax.
Anagrams
- axlar