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"Baja" is a form of "baja", a noun which is often translated as "drop". "Temporada alta" is a noun which is often translated as "high season". Learn more about the difference between "temporada alta" and "baja" below.
la temporada alta(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (general)
a. high season
No me gusta viajar a Europa en julio porque es el medio de la temporada alta.I don't like traveling to Europe in July because it's the middle of the high season.
La habitación es mucho más cara que hace un mes porque ahora estamos en temporada alta.The room is much more expensive than one month ago because we're in the high season now.
la baja(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (decrease)
b. medical certificate
Todo empleado debe entregar la baja a su supervisor al volver a trabajar.All employees must turn in their medical certificate to their supervisor upon returning to work.
3. (absence)
4. (death)
a. casualty (military)
Ha habido bajas civiles a causa de los disturbios militares.There have been civilian casualties as a result of the military unrest.
b. loss (military)
El ejército sufrió graves bajas en la batalla.The army suffered grave losses in the battle.
5. (sports)
a. injured player
No hay manera de que podamos jugar el partido con el número de bajas que tenemos.There's no way we can play the game with the number of injured players that we have.
6. (departure)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Hubo demasiadas bajas y tuvieron que cancelar la clase ese semestre.So many students dropped the class that they had to cancel it for that semester.
La empresa ha tenido muchas bajas por las condiciones de trabajo peligrosas.The company has had a lot of people leave because of dangerous working conditions.
