alejar

Borrowed from French alléger, Italian alleggerire, Spanish aligerar.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈʒar/, /aleˈd͡ʒar/

alejar (present tense alejas, past tense alejis, future tense alejos, imperative alejez, conditional alejus)

1. (transitive) to lighten the load of (someone or something), relieve (of a load)

   Ni mustas alejar nia bagajo. ― We must lighten our luggage.

2. (figuratively) to alleviate, ease, relieve (the mind, etc.)

    Conjugation of alejar

		present		past		future
infinitive		alejar		alejir		alejor
tense		alejas		alejis		alejos
conditional		alejus
imperative		alejez
adjective active participle		alejanta		alejinta		alejonta
adverbial active participle		alejante		alejinte		alejonte
nominal active participle	singular	alejanto		alejinto		alejonto
	plural	alejanti		alejinti		alejonti
adjective passive participle		alejata		alejita		alejota
adverbial passive participle		alejate		alejite		alejote
nominal passive participle	singular	alejato		alejito		alejoto
	plural	alejati		alejiti		alejoti

• alejeso (“ease, relief”)

From a- +‎ lejos +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈxaɾ/ [a.leˈxaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧le‧jar

alejar (first-person singular present alejo, first-person singular preterite alejé, past participle alejado)

1. (transitive) to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away
2. (transitive) to estrange, alienate
3. (transitive) to keep at a distance
4. (reflexive) to withdraw, distance oneself
5. (transitive) to zoom out

   acercar y alejar el mapa

   to zoom in and zoom out on the map

• “alejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28