How do you say “to loosen” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say abóudri, afina, atrenca, descabestra, dessarra, lacha. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | abóudri, afina, atrenca, descabestra, dessarra, lacha, relarga |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
abóudri
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to loosen |
afina
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to refine; to loosen; to cupel; to complete; to perfect; to purify |
atrenca
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to loosen, to rig out, to deck out, to draw customers, to fit out, to adjust, to fashion |
descabestra
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | shameless; to loosen; dissolute; libidinous; licentious |
| Feminine | descabestrado |
| Variants | descabestrado |
dessarra
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to release; to loosen |
lacha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to release; to loosen |
relarga
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to widen; to space; to release; to loosen; to flare |