relaxar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relaxāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.ləkˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.lakˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.lakˈsa]

Verb

relaxar (first-person singular present relaxo, first-person singular preterite relaxí, past participle relaxat)

1. to relax

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of relaxar (first conjugation)

infinitive			relaxar
gerund			relaxant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relaxat		relaxada
		plural		relaxats		relaxades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	relaxo	relaxes	relaxa	relaxem	relaxeu	relaxen
	imperfect	relaxava	relaxaves	relaxava	relaxàvem	relaxàveu	relaxaven
	future	relaxaré	relaxaràs	relaxarà	relaxarem	relaxareu	relaxaran
	preterite	relaxí	relaxares	relaxà	relaxàrem	relaxàreu	relaxaren
	conditional	relaxaria	relaxaries	relaxaria	relaxaríem	relaxaríeu	relaxarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	relaxi	relaxis	relaxi	relaxem	relaxeu	relaxin
	imperfect	relaxés	relaxessis	relaxés	relaxéssim	relaxéssiu	relaxessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	relaxa	relaxi	relaxem	relaxeu	relaxin
	negative (no)	—	no relaxis	no relaxi	no relaxem	no relaxeu	no relaxin

Related terms

• relaxació

Further reading

• “relaxar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “relaxar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “relaxar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “relaxar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós

Latin laxus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin laxō

Latin relaxārelbor.

Portuguese relaxar

Learned borrowing from Latin relaxāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈʃa(ʁ)/ [he.laˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈʃa(ʁ)/ [he.laˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈʃa(ɾ)/ [he.laˈʃa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈʃa(ʁ)/ [χe.laˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈʃa(ɻ)/ [he.laˈʃa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.laˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.laˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.laˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧la‧xar

Verb

relaxar (first-person singular present relaxo, first-person singular preterite relaxei, past participle relaxado)

1. (intransitive) to relax

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relaxar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	relaxar
Personal	relaxar	relaxares	relaxar	relaxarmos	relaxardes	relaxarem
Gerund
	relaxando
Past participle
Masculine	relaxado			relaxados
Feminine	relaxada			relaxadas
Indicative
Present	relaxo	relaxas	relaxa	relaxamos	relaxais	relaxam
Imperfect	relaxava	relaxavas	relaxava	relaxávamos	relaxáveis	relaxavam
Preterite	relaxei	relaxaste	relaxou	relaxamos1, relaxámos2	relaxastes	relaxaram
Pluperfect	relaxara	relaxaras	relaxara	relaxáramos	relaxáreis	relaxaram
Future	relaxarei	relaxarás	relaxará	relaxaremos	relaxareis	relaxarão
Conditional	relaxaria	relaxarias	relaxaria	relaxaríamos	relaxaríeis	relaxariam
Subjunctive
Present	relaxe	relaxes	relaxe	relaxemos	relaxeis	relaxem
Imperfect	relaxasse	relaxasses	relaxasse	relaxássemos	relaxásseis	relaxassem
Future	relaxar	relaxares	relaxar	relaxarmos	relaxardes	relaxarem
Imperative
Affirmative		relaxa	relaxe	relaxemos	relaxai	relaxem
Negative (não)		não relaxes	não relaxe	não relaxemos	não relaxeis	não relaxem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• relaxar e gozar

Further reading

• “relaxar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “relaxar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Verb

relaxar

1. present indicative of relaxa