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baja

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noun

baja

feminine noun

1. drop, fall (descenso)

redondear el precio a la baja -> to round the price down
el precio del cacao sigue a la baja -> the price of cocoa is continuing to fall
tendencia a la baja -> downward trend
jugar a la baja (finance) -> to bear the market

2. redundancy (cese) (forzado)

dar de baja a alguien -> to lay somebody off; (en empresa) to expel somebody (en club, sindicato)
darse de baja (de) -> to resign (from); (dimitir) to drop out (of); (salirse) to unsusomebodyscribe (from) (de subscripción)

3. sick leave (por enfermedad) (permiso) (peninsular Spanish); sick note, doctor's certificate (documento)

4. loss, casualty (military)

baja [bah’-hah’]

noun

1. Fall or diminution of price. (f)

2. A dance. (Obsolete) (f)

3. Ticket of admission in a hospital. (Military) (f)

4. List of casualties in a muster-roll. (Military) (f)

5. Blackball, adverse vote. (f)

Dar de baja -> to make a return of the casualties which have happened in a military corps

6. Casualty. (f)

7. Dar de baja a un empleado, to give notice to an employee. (f)

Places vacant in a company, or regiment.

adjective

1. Low.

2. Abject, despicable, fa

interrogative

3. Common, ordinary; mechanical, humble.

4. Dull, faint (colores).

5. Mean, coarse, vulgar (lenguaje).

6. Bent downward.


Q:	Planta baja, revisted
A:	To avoid confusion, I should add that I meant to say "...entre las costumbres religiosas y la lógica" above.

Q:	'Que significa "la clase media, tirando y baja"?
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Q:	'the lower class"? Is it "la clase baja"?
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Q:	Ella se baja del autobús con su bulto y tomando el camino - corrections? revisions?…
A:	1. I would say "camina" instead of caminando 2. presume - I would translate as "presumes to be" so I would use alardear or fanfarronear instead 3. la…