what does baja mean
when on a combie in progresso you want to stop at corner you yell baja or baha for bus to stop. I look it up online and cannot get definition. what does it stand for???
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"Bajar" is a verb that means "to descend, go down, come down."
"Bajar de" can mean to get out of or off, as in to get out of a car or off a bus, horse, airplane or other means of transport.
I suspect that "baja" is being used as a shorthand way of saying "Quiero bajar del autobús." But I am not a native speaker, so I am just making a slightly educated guess.
¡Baja señora gorda con canasta y niño!
In the past, bus drivers in Mexico used to have an auxiliar to collect the money, usually a boy.
When someone wanted to get off the bus, the boy yelled to the driver:
¡Baja señora gorda con canasta y niño!
(A fat lady with a child and a basket is getting off!)
And when the passenger descended, he yelled:
¡Ya cayó, chofer! ¡Vámonos!
(He/she has already fallen! Let's go!)
It means that you want to get off.
Bajar and subir are used for getting on or off of vehicles.
I often hear a single passenger call "Bajan". And I have never figured that out.
It also means short (feminine form).
