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loosen up

English

  1. 🔊 become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
    “He relaxed in the hot tub”
  2. 🔊 cause to become unblocked
    “The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!”
  3. 🔊 become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
    “our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group”
  4. 🔊 make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
  5. 🔊 cause to feel relaxed
    “A hot bath always relaxes me”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desentumecer to loosen up
  2. 🔊 relajar to loosen up, to ease up, to ease, to lighten, (e.g., a restriction, the mood)

Similar words

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