No voy a rebajarme a tu nivel,

Question

Why rebajar? I thought using RE was considered bad form, is this badly formed VS No voy a bajarme a tu nivel? Or is rebajar more like reducir? Gracia.

Answer 1

Why rebajar? I thought using RE was considered bad form, is this badly formed VS No voy a bajarme a tu nivel? Or is rebajar more like reducir? Gracia.

"Bajar" and "rebajar" are different things. "Bajar" means going to a lower position, but not necessarily a worse one. "Rebajar" uses the intensive/repetitive preffix re-, and it means things like "reduce", "lower even more", and in its pronominal form, to humble/humiliate/lower oneself. "Bajar a tu nivel" is fine if you take the stairs and go down to a lower floor.

Answer 2

Oh so you can never use bajar unless you are physically going down?

Mmmm... you can "bajar los impuestos / la temperatura / el volumen / ...."

Only rebajar, for lowering something non physical?

I would sat that "rebajar" is more for lowering something that is already low (hence that humbling oneself).

Let me give it some further thoughts (and hopefully, someone else's insights).

Answer 3

Come on, man, it's the same as the difference between duce and reduce!

(Just kidding )

Answer 4

Oh so you can never use bajar unless you are physically going down? Only rebajar, for lowering something non physical? Can you ever use rebajar for something physical

Seems like

Physical object - bajar

Non physical object - rebajar

Gracias amigo.