loosen
 transitive verb
 afrouxar
EN Give me a knife, Nora, the string's perished with the salt water, and there's a black knot on it you wouldn't loosen in a week.
GL Dáme un coitelo, Nora; o cordel derramouse coa auga salgada, e ten un nó negro que non se afrouxaría nunha semana.
 Fonte: RID (176)
soltar
EN A fellow held his arms while he loosened the stocking clinging to his foot and climbed back into the hot bed.
GL Un compañeiro colleuno polos brazos mentres Stephen soltaba a media que lle penduraba do pé e gaveaba de novo á cama quente.
Fonte: RET (392)
ceibar
EN That summer at Grand Isle she began to loosen a little the mantle of reserve that had always enveloped her.
GL Aquel verán en Grand Isle comezou a ceibar algo o manto de reserva que sempre a envolvera.
Fonte: ESP (321)
intransitive verb
soltarse
EN But in the very lull of this loving caress, as the long stroke leant upon the bed, the rock was rent asunder; another fold of the shawl loosened; there it hung, and swayed.
GL Pero nun dos intervalos dese doce agarimo, cando a longa raiola subía pola cama, a rocha fíxose anacos: soltouse outra prega do chal e colgou, oscilando.
Fonte: CAR (2022)
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