bajar |
|
= |
to take down |
|
verb |
bajar
transitive verb
1. to take/bring down (poner abajo) (libro, cuadro); to lower (telón, ventanilla, mano)
- ayúdame a bajar la caja -> help me get the box down; (desde lo alto) help carry the box downstairs (al piso de abajo)
2. to go/come down (descender) (montaña, escaleras)
- bajó las escaleras a toda velocidad -> she ran down the stairs as fast as she could
3. to reduce (precios, inflación, hinchazón); to turn down (música, volumen, radio); to bring down (fiebre)
- bajar el fuego (de la cocina) -> to reduce the heat
4. to lower (ojos, cabeza, voz)
5. to download (informal) (computing)
intransitive verb
also:
- bajar (de) -> to get out (of); (coche) to get off; (moto, bicicleta, tren, avión) to get off, to dismount; (caballo) to come/get down (from) (árbol, escalera, silla, mesa)
- bajo en la próxima parada -> I'm getting off at the next stop
6. to go/come down (descender)
- bajar en ascensor -> to go/come down in the lift o (British) elevator (United States)
- bajar por la escalera -> to go/come down the stairs
- bajar (a) por algo -> to go out and get something
- bajar corriendo -> to run down
7. to fall, to drop (disminuir); to go/come down (fiebre, hinchazón)
- bajó la gasolina -> the price of petrol o (British) gasoline fell (United States)
- este modelo ha bajado de precio -> this model has gone down in price, the price of this model has gone down
- bajó la Bolsa -> share prices fell
- las acciones de C & C han bajado -> C & C share prices have fallen
bajarse
pronomial verb also:
- bajarse (de) -> to get out (of); (coche) to get off; (moto, bicicleta, tren, avión) to get off, to dismount; (caballo) to come/get down (from) (árbol, escalera, silla)
- nos bajamos en la próxima -> we get off at the next stop
1. to come/go down (informal) (ir, venir)
- bájate a la playa conmigo -> come down to the beach with me
2. to download (informal) (computing)
- me he bajado un juego estupendo -> I've downloaded an excellent game onto my computer
Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited
bajar [bah-har’]
verb neuter
1. To descend, to come down, to fall. (n)
- La venta nunca ha bajado de mil -> sales have never been less than a thousand
2. To lower, to lessen. (n)
article & verb transitive
3. To lower, to hang down, to let down.
- Bajar el equipaje al taxi -> to take the luggage down to the taxi
4. To reduce the price in selling.
5. To lessen the value of a thing; to narrow.
6. To humble, to bring down.
7. To pay up, to cough up. (Caribbean)
8. To do in (matar). (Andes)
verb reflexive
9. To crouch, to grovel, to lessen.
- Bajar de punto -> to decay, to decline
- Bajar el punto -> to temper
- Bajar la cerviz -> to humble oneself
- Le bajaré los bríos -> I will pull down his courage
- Bajar los humos -> to become more humane
- Bajar los ojos -> to be ashamed
- Bajar la cabeza -> to obey without objection
- Bajar la tierra -> (Naut.) to lay the land
- Bajar por un rí -> (Naut.) to drop down a river
- Bajar las velas -> (Naut.) to lower the sails
To get off, to get out (vehículo).(Comp.)
Verb Conjugation for "bajar"
- Infinitive
- bajar
- Gerund
- bajando
- Participle
- bajado
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | bajo | bajé | bajaba | bajaré | baje |
| Tú | bajas | bajaste | bajabas | bajarás | bajes |
| Ella/Él/Usted | baja | bajó | bajaba | bajará | baje |
| Nosotros | bajamos | bajamos | bajábamos | bajaremos | bajemos |
| Vosotros | bajáis | bajasteis | bajabais | bajaréis | bajéis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | bajan | bajaron | bajaban | bajarán | bajen |
"bajar" in the Answers forum
| Q: | ¡Favor de bajar un poquito el volumen! |
| A: | there is no abbreviated way for that, it is just badly spoken |
| Q: | "me puedes dejar bajar" |
| A: | Welcome to the Forum mshipp! :-) Your line literally means "You can let me down." I'm not sure of the context, but you might say something like this if… |
| Q: | Verb of the week: "Bajar" up close and personal |
| A: | Bajar a disco or Bajar de internet is "download". Bajar a la realidad is to come to reality or to come back down to earth. Bajar a tierra is to disembark.… |
| Q: | Baby si pudiera bajar una estrllita del sielo |
| A: | There are a few spelling mistakes. "estrllita" would be "estrellita" word for "star". "Sielo" would really be "cielo". "ubieran" is really "hubieran".… |
Have a Spanish question? Get help from experts!
Nearby Words
- balancear
- balanceado
- balance
- balancín
- balaj
- balahú
- balaguero
- balagar
- baladronear
- baladronada
- baladro
- baladrero
- baladre
- baladrar
- baladrón
- baladora
- balador
- balada
- baladí
- balacera
- balacear
- balacada
- balaca
- bala
- balón
- balístico
- balística
- balín
- balí
- bakelita
- bajura
- bajuno
- bajuna
- bajovientre
- bajorrelieve
- bajonista
- bajoncillo
- bajoca
- bajo
- bajista
- bajini(s)
- bajeza
- bajete
- bajetón
- bajero
- bajera
- bajelero
- bajel
- bajativo
- bajareque
- bajar
- bajante
- bajamente
- bajamar
- bajalato
- bajado
- bajada
- baja
- bajón
- bajío
- bajá
- baivel
- baisquiña
- bailoteo
- bailotear
- bailongo
- bailiazgo
- bailiaje
- bailete
- bailecito(s)
- baile
- bailarina
- bailarín
- bailar
- bailaor(a)
- bailadora
- bailador
- bailadero
- bailada
- bailable
- baila
- bailón
- bailío
- bailía
- bahuno
- bahuna
- bahorrina
- baho
- baharí
- Bahama
- bahía
- bagualada
- bagualón
- bagual
- baguío
- bagrero
- bagre
- bagazo
- bagayo
- bagatela
Latest Activity
- qfreed answered the question What is a " Kennel" or "house for dogs" (47 secs ago)
- aloshek voted for Picture of the day: sleeping over a precipice (54 secs ago)
- raistlinvii earned 100 pts for the 'watch' section of Lesson 1.3 - Food and Articles (59 secs ago)
- jiggy earned 199 pts for the 'recognize' section of Hobbies/Los pasatiempos (1 min ago)
- aloshek voted for Aloshek has reached 10K (2 mins ago)
- Issabela asked the question Picture of the day: sleeping over a precipice (2 mins ago)
- jmramos joined SpanishDict (4 mins ago)
- Nicole-Bailey answered the question What is a " Kennel" or "house for dogs" (7 mins ago)
- bdungan earned the Flash Gordon badge for creating the flashcard set "numbers" (7 mins ago)
- kdrozr earned the Estudiante badge for completing Lesson 1.14 - Weather and the Verb Hacer (9 mins ago)
- ray76 asked the question What is a " Kennel" or "house for dogs" (12 mins ago)
- Pumudu77 joined SpanishDict (23 mins ago)
(May not be accurate.)
