slack

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slack
[slæk]
sustantivo
también:
  • to take up the slack -> tensar la cuerda (in rope)
  • I'm fed up with having to take up your slack (sentido figurado) -> estoy harto de tener que encargarme de tu trabajo
adjetivo
1flojo(a) (not tight)
  • to be slack -> estar flojo(a)
  • trade is slack -> el negocio está flojo
  • slack periods -> períodos mpl de poca actividad
2dejado(a) (careless)
verbo intransitivo
3vaguear (familiar)

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slack [slæk][slak]
adjetivo
1Flojo, poco apretado o poco tirante.
2Flojo, perezoso, negligente, descuidado, tardo (negligent).
3Lento, tardo, sosegado, espacioso (sluggish).
4Que fluye lentamente.
  • Slack water -> estado del mar entre flujo y reflujo
  • Trade is -> el comercio no marcha bien, decae
  • Slack ropes -> (Mar.) Cabos sueltos en banda
sustantivo
5Cabo de cuerda colgante; parte de una cuerda que no está bastante tirante.
6Cisco, carbón menudo.

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slack [slæk]
adjective
slacker (comparative)slackest (superlative)
1 (not tight or firm) flojo
2 (lax) descuidado; negligente; (lazy) perezoso; vago; flojo
to be slack about one's work desatender su trabajo; ser negligente en su trabajo; to be slack about in doing sthor dejar de hacer algo por desidia
3 (Comm) [+market] flojo; encalmado; [+period] de inactividad; [+season] muerto
business is slack hay poco movimiento poca actividad en el negocio;or demand was slack hubo poca demanda
noun
1 (part of rope etc) comba; (f)
to take up the slack tensar una cuerda; to take up the slack in the economy utilizar toda la capacidad productiva de la economía
to cut sb some slack
2 (coal) cisco; (m)
3 (Comm) (period) período de inactividad; (m) (season) estación muerta; (f)
slacks
verb:intransitive
(informal) gandulear; holgazanear
he's been slacking ha sido muy gandul
verb:transitive
slacken

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Conjugación de "slack"

Imperative
  • slack
  • you slack
  • he/she slacks
  • we slack
  • you slack
  • they slack
Preterite
  • I slacked
  • you slacked
  • he/she slacked
  • we slacked
  • you slacked
  • they slacked
Present Continuous
  • I am slacking
  • you are slacking
  • he/she is slacking
  • we are slacking
  • you are slacking
  • they are slacking
Present Perfect
  • I have slacked
  • you have slacked
  • he/she has slacked
  • we have slacked
  • you have slacked
  • they have slacked
Past Continuous
  • I was slacking
  • you were slacking
  • he/she was slacking
  • we were slacking
  • you were slacking
  • they were slacking
Past Perfect
  • I had slacked
  • you had slacked
  • he/she had slacked
  • we had slacked
  • you had slacked
  • they had slacked
Future
  • I will slack
  • you will slack
  • he/she will slack
  • we will slack
  • you will slack
  • they will slack
Future Perfect
  • I will have slacked
  • you will have slacked
  • he/she will have slacked
  • we will have slacked
  • you will have slacked
  • they will have slacked
Future Continuous
  • I will be slacking
  • you will be slacking
  • he/she will be slacking
  • we will be slacking
  • you will be slacking
  • they will be slacking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been slacking
  • you have been slacking
  • he/she has been slacking
  • we have been slacking
  • you have been slacking
  • they have been slacking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been slacking
  • you will have been slacking
  • he/she will have been slacking
  • we will have been slacking
  • you will have been slacking
  • they will have been slacking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been slacking
  • you had been slacking
  • he/she had been slacking
  • we had been slacking
  • you had been slacking
  • they had been slacking