The Portuguese word for loose is
frouxo
Portuguese Definition
loose | |
1. Adjetivo. frouxo |
Translations for loose and their definitions
frouxo | |
1. adj. loose, lax | |
2. adj. (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous |
solto | |
1. adj. loose; free | |
As galinhas andam soltas pelo curral. - The chickens roam free in the corral. | |
Não deixar pontas soltas. - Don't leave loose ends. | |
2. v. of soltar | |
3. Participle. past participle of soltar |
soltar | |
1. v. to release, to let go |
atirar | |
1. v. to throw | |
2. v. to fire (shoot a gun) |
relaxado | |
1. adj. relaxed (made less tight; loose) | |
2. adj. relaxed (having an easy-going mood or temperament) | |
3. adj. irresponsible (lacking a sense of responsibility) | |
4. Participle. past participle of relaxar |
indiscreto | |
1. adj. indiscreet (not discreet; wanting in discretion) |
desamarrar | |
1. v. to untie | |
2. v. to loose | |
3. v. to unlace |
promíscuo | |
1. adj. loose; promiscuous (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners) | |
2. adj. promiscuous (of disorderly composition) |
afrouxar | |
1. v. to loosen; to relax (to make less tight) | |
2. v. to slacken (to become less intense) |
desembalado | |
1. adj. unpackaged, loose (not packaged) | |
2. Participle. past participle of desembalar |
largo | |
1. n-m. square (open space in a town) | |
2. n-m. (nautical) high seas (parts of the ocean surface that are far from shore) | |
3. adj. wide; broad (having a large width) | |
4. adj. ample; spacious | |
5. adj. (of clothes) loose (not fitting tightly) | |
6. n-m. (music) largo (a very slow tempo) | |
7. n-m. (music) largo (a musical piece or movement in such a tempo) | |
8. v. verb form of largar |
liberar | |
1. v. to release (free, liberate) | |
2. v. to allow; to legalise |
libertar | |
1. v. to free, liberate (make free) |
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