afrouxar
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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + frouxo (“loose”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧frou‧xar
Verb
afrouxar (first-person singular present afrouxo, first-person singular preterite afrouxei, past participle afrouxado)
- (intransitive or pronominal) to loosen; to relax (to make less tight)
- Synonyms: desapertar, soltar
- (intransitive or pronominal) to slacken (to become less intense)
Conjugation
Conjugation of afrouxar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “afrouxar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “afrouxar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “afrouxar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “afrouxar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “afrouxar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “afrouxar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024