Loose trousers are the best option when you spend most of the day sitting down.Los pantalones sueltos son la mejor opción cuando pasas sentado la mayor parte del día.
The judge said the interpretation the lawyer gave the word "child" was rather loose.El juez dijo que la interpretación que el abogado dio a la palabra "hijo" fue muy poco precisa.
She was described as a loose woman, but I believe she was just ahead of her time.Se decía que era una mujer libertina, pero creo que solo era muy adelantada para su tiempo.
She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirtNancy 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 rattlesIf a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out
this button is looseeste botón está a punto de caerse;to come or get or work loose[+thread, wire, brick]soltarse;[+screw]aflojarse;[+page]desprenderse;[+knob, handle]aflojarse;desatornillarse
Wear loose clothes as they're more comfortableA 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 waistestos 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 fingersBee pollen is sold as a loose powder or in tablet form
to be of a loose consistencytener poca consistencia
6(not tied up)[+animal]suelto
he was chased by a loose dogle persiguió un perro que andaba suelto;to let or set sth/sb loosesoltar algo/a algn;when the cub had recovered it was set loose in the wildcuando el cachorro se recuperó lo soltaron or lo dejaron en libertad;the affair has let loose dangerous political forcesel asunto ha desatado fuerzas políticas peligrosas;inexperienced doctors were let loose on seriously ill patientsse dejó que médicos sin experiencia trataran a pacientes gravemente enfermos
it would be dangerous to set a criminal like him loose in societythey took the dogs to the woods and let them loose
the onions and carrots were loose in the bottom of her bag(Comm)to buy/sell sth loosevender algo suelto or a granel
10(immoral)[+behaviour, attitudes]disoluto
such loose behaviour is indicative of this country's moral declineloose 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 womanuna 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
loose cashdinero (m) en efectivo;loose changedinero (m) suelto
I watched him reach into his pockets for some loose changeI have some loose cash that the Income Tax people don't know aboutA fourth function of Harvard Management is to look after the university's loose cash
transitive verb
1(release)[+animal]soltar;[+prisoner]poner en libertad;soltar
sth unpleasant or dangerousIt remained to be seen whether the gambling-fever loosed by the earlier Act would be ended by the new law.
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 saidThe solution could be to lock a unified Germany into NATO so it does not become the loose cannon that its neighbours fear
