Example sentences for: relajo

How can you use “relajo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Farr has studied the joking behavior of Mexican women in Chicago and found that through echando relajo, married and young single women find relief from their gender roles and the social propriety imposed by their husbands, parents, and the Mexican culture.

  • El Teatro Campesino (the Farmworkers’ Theater) practiced the art of el relajo in the execution of its actos (dramas) and in the social protest messages propagated through satire and laughter.

  • Relajando, or echando relajo (joking), can be lighthearted joking around or can be heavy in a serious way about a grave topic.

  • In Mexican social thought the role of relajo behavior is shown to be a criticism of the political corruption of the government, but also a burlesque of the divisions of the social classes.

  • Jorge Portilla’s essay on relajo is often cited as the fundamental study of this comic conduct found among the Mexican working class.


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