lax

laxo, negligente

Que no exige suficiente cuidado o disciplina al cumplir reglas, deberes o normas de conducta.

En inglés sencillo: Not careful or strict enough about rules, duties, or behaviour.

• Security at the building is lax.
• His parents were lax about bedtime.
• The company was criticized for its lax safety standards.

Cómo se usa: lax about something (They are lax about checking tickets.); lax with someone (The teacher was lax with the younger children.)

Sinónimos: careless, lenient, slack

Antónimos: strict, careful

Expresiones frecuentes: lax security, lax about something, lax with someone, lax rules

laxo

Dicho de un sonido pronunciado con los músculos relativamente relajados y poco estrechamiento de la boca y la garganta.

En inglés sencillo: Describes a speech sound made with relatively relaxed muscles and little narrowing inside the mouth and throat.

• This word contains a lax vowel.
• The students compared tense and lax vowels.
• Her tongue was more relaxed when producing the lax sound.

Sinónimos: slack

Antónimos: tense

Expresiones frecuentes: lax vowel, lax sound, lax pronunciation

flojo, laxo

Que está suelto o relajado, sin estar tirante.

En inglés sencillo: Loose or relaxed rather than pulled tight.

• The rope hung lax between the posts.
• Her muscles were lax after the warm bath.
• He tightened the lax cord around the bundle.

Sinónimos: loose, slack

Antónimos: tight, taut

Expresiones frecuentes: lax rope, lax muscles, lax cord