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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)
- estar/darse de baja -> to be on/take sick leave
- baja por maternidad -> maternity leave
4. loss, casualty (military)
- bajas civiles -> civilian casualties
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baja [bah’-hah’]
noun
1. Fall or diminution of price. (f)
- Una baja de 5 por ciento -> a fall of 5%
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)
- Las bajas son grandes -> the casualties are heavy
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.
- Bajo de ley -> Of a base quality (metales)
- Con los ojos bajos -> with downcast eyes
"baja" in the Answers forum
| 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"? |
| A: | hi sz, this means: the middle class tending to lower class.... If you give us the sentence this might help. Wewlcome to the fourm. |
| Q: | 'the lower class"? Is it "la clase baja"? |
| A: | **clase baja** - lower class **clase media** - middle class **clase alta** - upper class **Proletariado** - proletariat; the poorest classes **Clase obrera/trabajadora**… |
| Q: | Can Someone translate arranca en baja? |
| A: | If we were discussing an automobile I would assume it to mean start in a low gear. If it refers to an electrical device it could be start up at a low… |
| 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… |
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