"loo" is the first person singular present of the verb loar. View conjugation.

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suelto

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loose

[luːs]

sustantivo

también:

to be on the loose -> andar suelto(a)

adjetivo

1suelto(a) (tooth, animal, connection); suelto(a), holgado(a) (piece of clothing); colgante (skin); informal (alliance, network); poco exacto(a) (translation); disoluto(a) (morals, lifestyle); suelto(a), a granel (sweets, olives)

to come loose -> aflojarse
to let somebody loose on something -> dar rienda suelta a alguien en algo
don't let him loose in the kitchen! -> ¡no lo dejes suelto en la cocina!
they let the riot police loose on the crowd -> soltaron a los antidisturbios entre la multitud
to let loose a torrent of abuse -> soltar una sarta de improperios
loose change -> (dinero (m) ) suelto (m)
loose cover -> funda (f) de quita y pon (of cushion) (británico)
to be at a loose end -> no tener nada que hacer
to tie up the loose ends (sentido figurado) -> atar cabos sueltos (in investigation)
loose living -> vida (f) disoluta or disipada
loose talk -> indiscreciones (f pl)
a loose woman -> una mujer fácil

verbo transitivo

2disparar (Literary) (arrow)

adverbio

también:

to buy something loose -> comprar algo a granel

loose [lus]

1Desatar, desprender y desenlazar una cosa de otra, desliar.

2Desapretar, alojar.

3Aliviar, dar alivio o descanso.

4Soltar al que estaba preso.

5Libertar de alguna obligación o riesgo; sacar de algún mal paso, desenredar; desocupar.

To loose one’s hold -> abandonar, soltar lo que se había tomado

va.

adjetivo

1Suelto, desatado, desconectado.

2Flojo (clothing), movible, lo que no está bien apretado.

3Vago, indeterminado, falto de precisión.

4Suelto de vientre.

5Libre, relajado.

6Suelto, puesto en libertad.

7Disoluto.

8Desenredado.

9Descuidado, negligente.

To grow desbandarse -> To break ponerse en libertad; recobrar la libertad venciendo obstáculos; desencadenarse, desatarse
To get loose from one -> desembarazarse de alguno
To hang colgar -> flotar
To let liberar -> poner en libertad

sustantivo

10Libertad; soltura.

A loose gown -> un vestido flotante
Loose morals -> moral relajada
Loose reasoning -> raciocinio vago
A loose liver -> un libertino
To be loose in the bowels -> andar suelto de vientre
To give loose to -> dar rienda suelta
To tie up loose ends -> no dejar ningún cabo suelto (Fig.)
Loose off -> disparar, soltar

To turn/let liberar, poner en libertad.

loose [luːs]

adjective

looser (comparative)loosest (superlative)

1 (not firmly attached) [+thread, wire, screw, brick, page] suelto

She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt Nancy raised the bonnet of the car and looked for loose or broken wires

[+handle, knob] desatornillado; [+tooth] flojo; que se mueve

The doorknob is loose and rattles If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out

this button is loose este botón está a punto de caerse; to come get work looseoror [+thread, wire, brick] soltarse; [+screw] aflojarse; [+page] desprenderse; [+knob, handle] aflojarse; desatornillarse

screw connection

2 (not tied back) [+hair] suelto

to wear one's hair loose llevar el pelo suelto

3 (not tight) [+clothes] holgado; amplio

Wear loose clothes as they're more comfortable A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt

[+bandage, tie] flojo

The bandages they wrapped around his face were loose enough to allow him to breathe

these trousers are too loose round the waist estos pantalones son muy anchos de cintura

4 (not taut) [+skin] flácido; colgón; (informal)

...the loose skin of the horse's neck ...the skin around the eyes was loose and baggy

5 (not dense) [+mixture, soil, powder] suelto

She gathered loose soil and let it filter slowly through her fingers Bee pollen is sold as a loose powder or in tablet form

to be of a loose consistency tener poca consistencia

6 (not tied up) [+animal] suelto

he was chased by a loose dog le persiguió un perro que andaba suelto; to let set sth/sb looseor soltar algo/a algn; when the cub had recovered it was set loose in the wild cuando el cachorro se recuperó lo soltaron lo dejaron en libertad;or the affair has let loose dangerous political forces el asunto ha desatado fuerzas políticas peligrosas; inexperienced doctors were let loose on seriously ill patients se dejó que médicos sin experiencia trataran a pacientes gravemente enfermos

it would be dangerous to set a criminal like him loose in society they took the dogs to the woods and let them loose

break cut hell

7 (flexible) [+alliance, coalition, grouping] libre; [+organization] poco rígido; [+arrangement] flexible

a loose confederation of sovereign republics una confederación libre de repúblicas soberanas

8 (imprecise) [+meaning, expression] poco preciso; vago; [+style, interpretation] libre; [+translation] aproximado

he despised loose thinking odiaba toda forma de pensar vaga

in a loose [sense]

in loose terms, it could be called a religion haciendo un uso un tanto libre del término, podría llamarse religión

9 (not packaged) [+carrots, potatoes] suelto; a granel

the onions and carrots were loose in the bottom of her bag (Comm) to buy/sell sth loose vender algo suelto a granel;or

10 (old-fashioned) (pejorative) (immoral) [+behaviour, attitudes] disoluto

such loose behaviour is indicative of this country's moral decline loose attitudes such as these led to the fall of the British Empire ...loose sexual behaviour

[+morals] disoluto; libertino

Lust now seems to be associated with casual sex and loose morals

a loose woman una mujer de vida alegre; (pejorative) una mujer fácil; (old-fashioned)

Is an actress who strips off in public necessarily a loose woman in private? She is not morally loose

living

11 (Med)

to have loose bowels tener el vientre suelto

12 (readily available) [+funds] disponible

loose cash dinero en efectivo; (m) loose change dinero suelto; (m)

I watched him reach into his pockets for some loose change I have some loose cash that the Income Tax people don't know about A fourth function of Harvard Management is to look after the university's loose cash

verb:transitive

1 (literary) (release) [+animal] soltar; [+prisoner] poner en libertad; soltar

sth unpleasant or dangerous It remained to be seen whether the gambling-fever loosed by the earlier Act would be ended by the new law.

they loosed the dogs on him le soltaron los perros

the guards loosed his arms

2 (fire) (also loose off) [+arrow, missile] lanzar; [+gun, cannon] disparar

they loosed off their cannon at the invading armies

to loose (off) a volley of abuse at sb soltar una sarta de insultos a algn

3 (unfasten)

to loose a boat from its moorings soltar las amarras de un barco

noun

to be on the loose [+person, gang] andar suelto

A bandit leader was on the loose in the hills. ...a gang of hooligans on the loose There was a crowd of kids on the loose in the town

adverb

stay hang loose!or (US) (informal) ¡tranqui!; (informal) ¡relájate!

play

modifier

loose box (n) establo móvil; (m)

loose cannon (n) bomba de relojería; (f)

Yeltsin is seen as a potentially destructive loose cannon rumbling around the Communist Party "I am a loose cannon and I tend to make comments that aren't approved of," he said The solution could be to lock a unified Germany into NATO so it does not become the loose cannon that its neighbours fear

loose chippings (n) (on roadway) gravilla suelta; (f)

loose connection (n) (Electricity and Electronics) mala conexión; (f)

loose cover (n) (Britain) (for furniture) funda lavable; (f) funda que se puede quitar; (f)

loose end (n) cabo suelto; (m)

There are some annoying loose ends in the plot

to tie up loose ends atar los cabos sueltos

There are a lot of loose ends that still aren't tied up

to be at a loose end (informal) no saber qué hacer

After my return home I was at a loose end

loose scrum (n) (Rugby) melé abierta espontánea; (f)or

loose talk (n) palabrería; (f)

There has already been too much loose talk about Western Europe sending troops

loose tongue (n)

to have a loose tongue tener la lengua suelta; ser ligero de lengua

She had never had a loose tongue when it came to secrets

loose weave (n) tejido abierto; (m)

...the loose weave of the material

Verb Conjugation for "loose"

Imperative

loose
you loose
he/she looses
we loose
you loose
they loose

Preterite

I loosed
you loosed
he/she loosed
we loosed
you loosed
they loosed

Present Continuous

I am loosing
you are loosing
he/she is loosing
we are loosing
you are loosing
they are loosing

Present Perfect

I have loosed
you have loosed
he/she has loosed
we have loosed
you have loosed
they have loosed

Past Continuous

I was loosing
you were loosing
he/she was loosing
we were loosing
you were loosing
they were loosing

Past Perfect

I had loosed
you had loosed
he/she had loosed
we had loosed
you had loosed
they had loosed

Future

I will loose
you will loose
he/she will loose
we will loose
you will loose
they will loose

Future Perfect

I will have loosed
you will have loosed
he/she will have loosed
we will have loosed
you will have loosed
they will have loosed

Future Continuous

I will be loosing
you will be loosing
he/she will be loosing
we will be loosing
you will be loosing
they will be loosing

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been loosing
you have been loosing
he/she has been loosing
we have been loosing
you have been loosing
they have been loosing

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been loosing
you will have been loosing
he/she will have been loosing
we will have been loosing
you will have been loosing
they will have been loosing

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been loosing
you had been loosing
he/she had been loosing
we had been loosing
you had been loosing
they had been loosing

loar

transitive verb

1to praise

loar [lo-ar’]

article & verb transitive

1To praise; to approve.

loar

verbo:transitivo

to praise

Verb Conjugation for "loar"

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	me loo	me loé	me loaba	me loaré	me loe
Tú	te loas	te loaste	te loabas	te loarás	te loes
Ella/Él/Usted	se loa	se loó	se loaba	se loará	se loe
Nosotros	nos loamos	nos loamos	nos loábamos	nos loaremos	nos loemos
Vosotros	os loáis	os loasteis	os loabais	os loaréis	os loéis
Ellos/Ustedes	se loan	se loaron	se loaban	se loarán	se loen

Gerund: loando / Participle: loado / Complete loar conjugation >

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