laxar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laxāre, whence also the inherited form deixar. Compare English lease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləkˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lakˈsaɾ]

Verb

laxar (first-person singular present laxo, first-person singular preterite laxí, past participle laxat)

1. (transitive) to ease, to loosen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of laxar (first conjugation)

infinitive			laxar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	laxa	laxi	laxem	laxeu	laxin
	negative (no)	—	no laxis	no laxi	no laxem	no laxeu	no 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

1. indefinite nominative plural of lax

Old Norse

Noun

laxar

1. nominative plural indefinite of lax m

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laxāre, whence also the inherited Spanish dejar. Compare English lease.

Verb

laxar (first-person singular present laxo, first-person singular preterite laxé, past participle laxado)

1. (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

1. indefinite plural of lax

Anagrams

• axlar