lower

bajar

lower(lo-uhr

,

lau-uhr)

transitive verb

1. (to move downwards)

a. bajar

The sun is hitting me right in the eyes. I'm going to lower the blinds.

El sol me está pegando justo en los ojos. Voy a bajar las persianas.

b. echar al agua (vessel)

They lowered the dinghy from the yacht so they could go ashore.

Echaron la lancha al agua desde el yate para poder ir a tierra.

c. arriar (flag or sail)

The nation lowered their flags to half staff in mourning.

La nación arrió las banderas a media asta en señal de duelo.

2. (to reduce)

a. bajar

The librarian asked Jonathan to lower his voice.

La bibliotecaria le pidió a Jonathan que bajara la voz.

b. rebajar

We lowered all of the prices in the store for our big fall sale.

Rebajamos todos los precios de la tienda para la gran venta de otoño.

3. (to degrade)

a. rebajar

I refuse to lower myself to using her unscrupulous tactics.

Me niego a rebajarme a usar sus tácticas sin escrúpulos.

4. (to relax)

a. bajar

We can't afford to lower our guard when we're so close to victory.

No nos podemos permitir bajar la guardia cuando estamos tan cerca de la victoria.

intransitive verb

5. (to decline)

a. bajar

Temperatures are forecast to continue to lower throughout the week.

Se prevé que las temperaturas sigan bajando durante la semana.

6. (to scowl)

a. fruncir el ceño

Bert likes you. - Are you kidding me? Did you see the way he lowered at me?

Le caes bien a Bert. - ¿Me estás vacilando? ¿Viste la forma en que me frunció el ceño?

7. (to darken)

a. encapotarse

The sky lowered in anguish over the self destruction of the people in the civil war below.

El cielo se encapotó de angustia por la autodestrucción de la gente de abajo con su guerra civil.

lower

intransitive verb

1. (person)

a. mirar amenazadoramente

2. (sky)

a. estar tormentoso(a)

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lower [ˈləʊəʳ]

adjective

low

1 (bottom) [+part, section, floors, windows] de abajo; inferior; [+slopes] inferior; bajo

of two things

the lower of the two el de más abajo de los dos

the lower bunk la litera de abajo

the lower left corner la esquina inferior izquierda

in the lower left corner you can just make out a faint signature

the lower half/part of la mitad/parte inferior de; la mitad/parte de abajo de

2 (less important) [+level, rank, caste] inferior

the lower chamber (Parl) la cámara baja

...the party that holds two-thirds of the seats in the Parliament's lower chamber, the Assembly of Deputies

the lower court (Jur) los tribunales inferiores

He could argue his case in the lower court

the lower middle class(es) la clase media baja

Candidates were generally drawn from the lower middle class Basque nationalism was fundamentally a movement of the middle and lower middle classes USED AS MOD

a lower middle-class family una familia de clase media baja

soldiers in the lower ranks soldados (m) de menor rango or de rango inferior

the lower school el segundo ciclo

3 (Anat) inferior

the lower abdomen/back la parte inferior del abdomen/de la espalda

she suffered severe cuts on her lower leg sufrió cortes de gravedad en la parte inferior de la pierna

the lower limbs los miembros inferiores

4 (Zool) inferior

5 (Geog) (in names)

Lower Egypt el Bajo Egipto

The Pharaoh wore the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt

the Lower Rhine el Bajo Rin

They began to shift a large part of their army from Switzerland to the lower Rhine ...the lower Thames basin

lower Manhattan el sur de Manhattan

reach

transitive verb

(gen) bajar; [+boat] echar al agua; [+flag, sail] arriar; (reduce) [+price] bajar; rebajar

to lower o.s. rebajarse; I wouldn't lower myself to do such a thing no me rebajaría a hacer algo así

to lower one's guard bajar la guardia

to lower one's headlights (US) poner las luces de cruce

to lower one's voice bajar la voz

intransitive verb

bajar

oil prices have lowered in the past few months

modifier

lower case (n) (Tip) minúsculas (f)

..a mixture of upper case and lower case

in lower case en minúsculas

All the letters are in lower case

lower-case

lower class (n)

the lower class or classes la clase baja

lower-class

lower deck (n) [of bus] piso (m) de abajo; (Náut) (part of ship) cubierta (f) inferior

the lower deck (personnel) los marineros

the Lower House (n) (Parl) la Cámara Baja

...the Speaker of the lower house

lower vertebrates (n) vertebrados (m) inferiores

lower [ˈlaʊəʳ]

intransitive verb

[+person] fruncir el entrecejo; fruncir el ceño; [+sky] encapotarse;