When will you ever loosen your purse strings?
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Loosen
Synonyms for "loosen" (120 found)
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69 translations across 34 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- liroj verb (to make less tight)
- shlo verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λύω verb (to make less tight)
- λύω verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
Arabic
3 entries- أَرْخَى verb (to make less tight)
- حَلَّ verb (to make less tight)
- فَكَّكَ verb (to make less tight)
Aromanian
2 entries- disfac verb (to make less tight)
- distringu verb (to make less tight)
Bulgarian
2 entries- освобождавам verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- разхлабвам verb (to make less tight)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- ammollai verb (to make less tight)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鬆開 /松开 verb (to make less tight)
Czech
1 entries- uvolnit verb (to make less tight)
Danish
1 entries- løsne verb (to make less tight)
Dutch
1 entries- losmaken verb (to make less tight)
Egyptian
1 entries- z:A1*s-f:x*x-V12:D40 verb (to make less tight)
Esperanto
1 entries- malfiksi verb (to make less tight)
Finnish
4 entries- helpottaa verb (to remove costiveness)
- höllätä verb (to make less tight)
- irrottaa verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- löyhentää verb (to make less tight)
French
1 entries- desserrer verb (to make less tight)
Gallurese
2 entries- allintà verb (to make less tight)
- allinà verb (to make less tight)
German
2 entries- lockern verb (to make less tight)
- lösen verb (to make less tight)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make less tight)
Greek
1 entries- χαλαρώνω verb (to make less tight)
Ido
1 entries- laxigar verb (to make less tight)
Irish
1 entries- scaoil verb (to make less tight)
Italian
1 entries- allentare verb (to make less tight)
Japanese
2 entries- ほどく verb (to make less tight)
- ゆるめる verb (to make less tight)
Ladino
1 entries- afloshar verb (to make less tight)
Latin
2 entries- labefacio verb (to make less tight)
- solvō verb (to make less tight)
Māori
4 entries- tākōkō verb (to make less tight)
- whakahorohoro verb (to make less tight)
- whakakaewa verb (to make less tight)
- whakakorokoro verb (to make less tight)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- løse verb (to make less tight)
- løsne verb (to make less tight)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- løyse verb (to make less tight)
Portuguese
4 entries- afrouxar verb (to make less tight)
- liberar verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- libertar verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- soltar verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
Romanian
1 entries- desface verb (to make less tight)
Russian
3 entries- освобождать verb (to free from restraint; to set at liberty)
- осла́бить verb (to make less tight)
- ослабля́ть verb (to make less tight)
Sardinian
1 entries- allenare verb (to make less tight)
Spanish
4 entries- aflojar verb (to make less tight)
- arriar verb (to make less tight)
- desajustar verb (to make less tight)
- destensar verb (to make less tight)
Swedish
2 entries- gå upp verb (to make less tight)
- lösa upp verb (to remove costiveness)
Turkish
2 entries- gevşemek verb (to make less tight)
- gevşetmek verb (to make less tight)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
I like to do a few exercises to loosen up before I run.
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Loosen the screws and remove the lamp cover.
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A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
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