laid-back

See also: laidback and laid back

English

Etymology

From U.S. slang (circa 1950s).

Presumably originally a metaphor — literally, "sitting in a tilted-back chair", a relaxed posture.

Adjective

laid-back (comparative more laid-back, superlative most laid-back)

1. relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry

Translations

relaxed and easy-going

• Bulgarian: непринуден (bg) (neprinuden)
• Czech: pohodový
• Estonian: vaoshoitud
• Finnish: rento (fi)
• French: facile à vivre (fr), sympathique (fr), décontracté (fr)
• German: locker (de), lässig (de), entspannt (de), unbeschwert (de)
• Lithuanian: atsipalaidavęs m
• Maori: parohe, pāroherohe
• Ottoman Turkish: گوشك (gevşek)
• Polish: wyluzowany m
• Russian: безмятежный (ru) m (bezmjatežnyj)
• Spanish: relajado (es), despreocupado (es)
• Turkish: rahat (tr)
• Ukrainian: розсла́блений m (rozsláblenyj), неви́мушений m (nevýmušenyj)

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