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go down
verbo transitivo con partícula
1bajar por (descend) (hill, ladder)
verbo intransitivo
2bajar (descend); ponerse (sun); hundirse (ship)
  • to go down on one's knees -> arrodillarse, ponerse de rodillas
  • to go down with an illness (familiar) -> agarrar or coger una enfermedad (español de España)
3perder (be defeated)(to contra), caer (to ante)
  • I'm not going to go down without a fight -> no voy a rendirme sin luchar
4descender (decrease) (flood, temperature, prices); desinflarse (tire, balloon)
5(be received)
  • to go down well/badly (with somebody) -> ser bien/mal acogido(a) (por alguien)
  • he went down in history as a tyrant -> pasó a la historia como un tirano

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go down [gou]
1Fam.) ser bien recibida o aprobada alguna cosa; tragarse, persuadirse de o creer algo sin reflexión; tragar.
  • To go down the stream -> ir con la corriente
  • To go down the wind -> ir en decadencia, ir empobreciendo
bajar, descender; ponerse el sol;

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go down
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
bajar; descender
to go down a slope bajar (por) una pendiente; to go down a mine bajar a una mina
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (descend) [+sun] ponerse; [+person] (go downstairs) bajar
to go down to the coast bajar a la costa; go down to the bottom of the page mira a pie de página
2 (fall) [+person, horse] caerse
3 (crash) [+plane] estrellarse; caer
the plane went down (=crashed) somewhere between Penang and Mandalay
4 (sink) [+ship, person] hundirse
5 (decrease, decline) [+price, temperature] bajar; descender; [+tide, flood, water level] bajar
he has gone down in my estimation ha bajado en mi estima; the house has gone down in value la casa ha perdido valor se ha devaluado;or this neighbourhood has really gone down este barrio ha perdido mucho; este barrio ya no es lo que era
this area has gone down a lot in the last few years
she's really gone down since I last saw her [+sick person] ha dado un buen bajón ha empeorado mucho desde la última vez que la vi; (informal)or [+elderly person] ha perdido muchas facultades desde la última vez que la vi
6 (deflate) [+balloon, airbed] desinflarse; deshincharse; (Esp)
My airbed's gone down.
the swelling in my leg has gone down me ha bajado la hinchazón de la pierna
7 (be defeated) perder
Italy went down against Brazil in the semi-final Italia perdió ante Brasil en la semifinal
8 (Comput) (break down) bloquearse; dejar de funcionar
the computers have just gone down
9 (be remembered)
to go down in history/to posterityhistoryposterity pasar a la historia/a la posteridad
go down as
10 (Britain) (Univ) (at end of term) marcharse; (at end of degree) terminar la carrera; dejar la universidad
he went down from Cambridge in 1978
11 (be swallowed)
that omelette went down a treattreat (informal) esa tortilla estaba riquísima
it went down the wrong waywrong se me atragantó
12 (be accepted, approved)
to go down well/badlywellbadly ser bien/mal recibido
his speech didn't go down at all well su discurso fue muy mal recibido; that should go down well (with him) (informal) eso le va a gustar
I wonder how that will go down with her parentswith me pregunto cómo les sentará eso a sus padres
13 (Teat) [+curtain] bajar; [+lights] apagarse
when the curtain goes down

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