lighten up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive,transitive)To make (something) or to become lessseriousand morecheerfulorcasual; torelax.Coordinate term:chill outI wish he'dlighten upa bit and realize that we were only joking.The mood at work has been tense, so he's looking for ways tolightenitup.1983August 6, Michael Bronski, “Gay Sensibility, Straight Imitation”, inGay Community News, page 8:Sondheim's sense of life — which is pretty pessimistic (I don't think that anyone ever ends happily ever after in a Sondheim musical) — is brought through without trying tolighten it up.2008,Adele,First Love:youlighten upmy heart when I start to cry; ; (transitive)Tolighten(something): to decrease itsweight.Near-synonym:slim downHe can't get any more power out of it [his drag racer], so now he's looking for ways tolightenitup.

Examples:

EN: Your heart needs to lighten up.
ES: Y ser más optimista.
EN: Yah, it's the Santa Isabella lighten up.
ES: Sí, es la Santa Isabella.
EN: Nothing very serious, just a few things to lighten up the post-war darkness a bit.
ES: Nada grave, solo unas cosas para iluminar la oscuridad de la posguerra.
EN: You should lighten up.
ES: ¿Por qué? Si no bromeamos con esto...
EN: We need to lighten up.
ES: Solo era una broma.
EN: It'll lighten up the melody and give it a nice effect.
ES: Aligerará la melodía, le dará un efecto...
EN: This is lighten up only when housekeeper dies.
ES: Esa sólo se encenderá a la muerte del amo de la casa.
EN: "Long night in our skies so long to lighten up.
ES: "Larga noche en nuestros cielos, tanto tiempo para aligerar.
EN: Hey, lighten up on that stuff, men.
ES: ¡Eh, espabilaos!
EN: Can't you lighten up and drop the pig scene?
ES: Diviértete un poco en lugar de jugar al policía.
EN: OK, lighten up on him.
ES: Vale, aflójalo.
EN: Then lighten up, man.
ES: Entonces, no seas pesado.
EN: Hey, man, I'm trying to talk to mama. Why don't you lighten up?
ES: dile que tiene cinco minutos, o entraremos a pelear.
EN: Hey, everybody, lighten up.
ES: Venga, arriba ese ánimo.
EN: Socks, come on, lighten up.
ES: - "Medias", vamos, anímate.

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