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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

1. (to descend)

a. bajar

Veronica went down to the cellar for a bottle of wine.Verónica bajó al sótano por una botella de vino.

b. descender

Frank went down to the basement to find the circuit breaker.Frank descendió al sótano a buscar el cortacircuitos.

c. caer (curtain)

The curtain went down and the audience applauded.El telón cayó y el publicó aplaudió.

d. ponerse (sun)

What time does the sun go down today?¿A qué hora se pone el sol hoy?

2. (to go south to; used with "to")

a. ir a

We're in Boston now, but tomorrow we're going down to New York for three days.Ahora estamos en Boston, pero mañana iremos a Nueva York a pasar tres días.

b. bajar a

Once you're in Girona, you can go down to Barcelona by train.Una vez que estés en Girona, puedes bajar a Barcelona en tren.

3. (to fall)

a. caerse

The boxer went down in the fifth round.El boxeador se cayó en el quinto asalto.

4. (to crash)

a. caer

The plane went down somewhere over the Atlantic.El avión cayó en algún lugar del Atlántico.

b. estrellarse

The flight went down in the Andes.El vuelo se estrelló en los Andes.

5. (to sink)

a. hundirse

The ship went down in the Bermuda Triangle.El barco se hundió en el Triángulo de las Bermudas.

6. (to decrease)

a. bajar

The clouds rolled in and the temperature went down.Llegaron las nubes y la temperatura bajó.

b. descender

The temperature goes down abruptly at night.La temperatura desciende bruscamente en la noche.

c. disminuir

Interest rates have gone down in an attempt to stimulate the economy.Las tasas de interés disminuyeron en un intento por estimular la economía.

7. (to decline)

a. empeorar

The food quality at that restaurant has gone down since the owner's wife died.La calidad de la comida en ese restaurante empeoró desde que se murió la esposa del dueño.

b. bajar

Academic standards went down when the school started accepting anyone who could pay.Los estándares académicos bajaron cuando la escuela comenzó a aceptar a cualquiera que pudiera pagar.

c. perder

Our house has gone down in value with the supermarket next to it.Nuestra casa ha perdido valor con el supermercado al lado.

8. (to deflate)

a. desinflarse

He was winning the race until his right front tire went down.Estaba ganando la carrera hasta que la llanta delantera derecha se desinfló.

9. (to be defeated)

a. perder

Portugal went down against Germany one to nothing.Portugal perdió ante Alemania uno a cero.

b. caer

They didn't win, but they went down fighting.No ganaron, pero cayeron luchando.

10. (to break down)

a. dejar de funcionar

The system went down for three hours last night during the storm.El sistema dejó de funcionar anoche por tres horas durante la tormenta.

11. (to be remembered)

a. pasar

Louis XIV went down in history as the Sun King.Luis XIV pasó a la historia como el Rey del Sol.

12. (after graduation) (United Kingdom)

a. terminar la carrera

He went down from Oxford five weeks ago and has opened a surgery in London.Terminó la carrera en Oxford hace cinco semanas y ha abierto un consultorio en Londres.

13. (to be swallowed)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Take a sip of water to help the pill go down.Toma un poco de agua para ayudarte a pasar la pastilla.

That cake was so dry it would not go down!El pastel estaba tan seco que no lograba tragarlo.

14. (to subside)

a. bajar (fever, swelling, floods)

Put some ice on it to help the swelling go down.Ponle un poco de hielo para ayudar a bajar la hinchazón.

15. (to extend)

a. bajar

This hallway goes down to the parking lot.Este pasillo baja al estacionamiento.

16. (to be received)

a. ser recibido

His resignation announcement went down badly.La notica de su renuncia fue mal recibida.

b. tener acogida

The plan did not go down well with the members.El plan no tuvo buena acogida entre los socios.

c. gustar

George's selection as the team captain did not go down well with the rest of the team.La elección de George como el capitán del equipo no le gustó al resto del equipo.

d. caer

Getting married before you finish college is not going to go down well with your mother.Casarte antes de terminar la carrera no va a caerle bien a tu mamá.

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

17. (to descend)

a. bajar por

Maggie went down the stairs to the first floor.Maggie bajó por las escaleras al primer piso.

b. descender

Ricardo went down the hill on his bike.Ricardo descendió la colina en su bicicleta.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

18.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to occur)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

A brawl went down at the bar.Se desató una pelea en el bar.

A protest went down when the workers were denied a raise.Se armó una protesta cuando a los trabajadores les negaron el aumento.

go down

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

1. (descend; hill, ladder)

a. bajar por

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (descend)

a. bajar

3. (sun)

a. ponerse

4. (ship)

a. hundirse

to go down on one's kneesarrodillarse, ponerse de rodillas

5. (colloquial)

to go down with an illnessagarrar or

6. (be defeated)

a. perder

b. caer

I'm not going to go down without a fightno voy a rendirme sin luchar

7. (decrease; flood, temperature, prices)

a. descender

8. (tire, balloon)

a. desinflarse

9. (be received)

to go down well/badly (with somebody)ser bien/mal acogido(a; por alguien)

he went down in history as a tyrantpasó a la historia como un tirano

go down

intransitive verb

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 or se ha devaluado; 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 (informal) or ha empeorado mucho desde la última vez que la vi; [+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 posterity 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