bajar por las escaleras

bajar por las escaleras
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
a. to go down the stairs
Vayan con cuidado al bajar por las escaleras. Son muy empinadas.Be careful when going down the stairs. They're very steep.
b. to come down the stairs
Oigo que alguien baja por las escaleras.I can hear someone coming down the stairs.
c. to walk down the stairs
Tuvimos que bajar veinte pisos por las escaleras porque el ascensor estaba estropeado.We had to walk twenty floors down the stairs because the elevator wasn't working.
d. to take the stairs down
Para mantenerme en forma, siempre subo y bajo por las escaleras y apenas uso el coche.To keep fit, I always take the stairs up and down and I hardly ever use my car.
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
transitive verb phrase
a. to carry down the stairs
Como el piano no cabía en el ascensor, tuvimos que bajarlo por las escaleras.As the piano didn't fit in the elevator, we had to carry it down the stairs.
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