take it easy

English

Etymology

From take easy + it.

Pronunciation

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Verb

take it easy (third-person singular simple present takes it easy, present participle taking it easy, simple past took it easy, past participle taken it easy)

1. (idiomatic) To relax or rest.

   Synonym: chill

   I'm going to stay home Saturday and take it easy.

   Take it easy, it's just a game!

Descendants

• → Finnish: ottaa iisisti (partial calque)

Translations

relax

• American Sign Language: 5@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-5@SideChesthigh-PalmDown 5@InsideTrunkhigh-5@SideTrunkhigh 5@SideChesthigh-5@InsideChesthigh 5@SideTrunkhigh-5@InsideTrunkhigh
• Catalan: tranquil (ca) m, tranquil·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 休息 (zh) (xiūxi), 放鬆／放松 (zh) (fàngsōng)

• Esperanto: senstreĉiĝi
• Finnish: rentoutua (fi), levätä (fi), ottaa iisisti
• French: y aller doucement
• Galician: relaxar (gl)
• German: sich entspannen (de)
• Hungarian: lazít (hu)
• Latin: ōtior
• Norwegian: ta det rolig
• Polish: bimbać (pl) impf (colloquial), przebimbać pf (colloquial)
• Portuguese: sossegar (pt)
• Russian: расслабля́ться (ru) impf (rasslabljátʹsja), рассла́биться (ru) pf (rasslábitʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: gabh socair
• Swedish: ta det lugnt (sv)

relax (imperative)

• Arabic: لَا تَهْتَم (lā tahtam)

  Egyptian Arabic: روق (rawwaʔ), عديها (ʕaddīhā), نفض (naffaḍ), كبر (kabbar), معلش (maʕleš)

• Armenian: թեթեւ տար (tʻetʻew tar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放心 (zh) (fàngxīn)

• Dutch: kalm aan, doe rustig
• Finnish: rauhoittua (fi)
• French: vas-y doucement, allons-y doucement, allez-y doucement
• German: nimm's leicht, nur keine Hektik
• Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), nyugi (hu), (no need to be angry) ne húzd fel magad, (no need to worry) ne izgulj, ne aggódj
• Japanese: 落ち着いてください (ja) (おちついてください, ochitsuite kudasai), あわてないでください (ja) (awatenaide kudasai)
• Korean: 진정하십시오 (jinjeonghasipsio), 침착하십시오 (chimchakhasipsio)
• Persian: بیخیال (fa) (bixiyâl)
• Polish: wyluzuj się
• Portuguese: sossegar (pt)
• Russian: не принима́йте бли́зко к се́рдцу (ne prinimájte blízko k sérdcu), не волну́йтесь (ne volnújtesʹ)
• Swedish: lugna ner dig, ta det lugnt (sv)

Interjection

take it easy

1. (informal) A farewell.

   Synonyms: so long, take care

   I'm going home now. Take it easy.

Translations

farewell

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜拜 (zh) (báibái)

• Finnish: ota iisisti
• German: mach's gut
• Polish: trzymaj się
• Swedish: ha det (sv)

See also

• have it easy