Meanings (ES + gloss)
relajar
To become loose.
estar de relax • relajarse
To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
Amusement relaxes the mind.
relajarse • reposarse
To rest and become relieved of stress.
I like to relax by listening to music.
I relax in the living room.
relajar
To become less severe or tense.
Tensions between the two countries have relaxed somewhat in recent weeks.
relajar
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying:…
The statute of mortmain[…] was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
relajar
To become more lenient.
Phrases