To go down in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: ba-HAR

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Opposites

Alzar (to lift) – Bajar (to lower)

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Opposites

Subir – Bajar (Go up – Go down)

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The sentence are for trabajar not bajar

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bajar info.

Tips to remember the word “bajar”:
1. Associate it with the action of something physically lowering, like an elevator descending from a higher floor to a lower one.
2. Link the word ‘bajar’ to the English phrase ‘go down’ since ‘baj-‘ can be reminiscent of ‘below’ which signifies a lower position.
3. Remember the term “bajada,” which means descent and shares the root with ‘bajar.’

Explanations:
‘Bajar’ is the Spanish verb used to indicate the action of descending, lowering something or someone, or getting off or out of vehicles. It is also used to refer to diminishing something, like volume or weight.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Descender (to descend)
– Reducir (to reduce, in the context of lowering something non-physical, like volume)
– Disminuir (to diminish, in the context of amount or intensity)
– Caer (to fall, but can contextually mean to go down)

‘Bajar’ is an infinitive verb, and here are its conjugations in various tenses:

Present (Presente):
– yo bajo (I go down)
– tú bajas (you go down, familiar)
– él/ella/usted baja (he/she/you go down, formal)
– nosotros/nosotras bajamos (we go down)
– vosotros/vosotras bajáis (you all go down, familiar in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes bajan (they/you all go down, formal or plural)

Preterite (Pretérito perfecto simple):
– yo bajé (I went down)
– tú bajaste (you went down)
– él/ella/usted bajó (he/she/you went down)
– nosotros/nosotras bajamos (we went down)
– vosotros/vosotras bajasteis (you all went down)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes bajaron (they/you all went down)

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto):
– yo bajaba (I used to go down/was going down)
– tú bajabas (you used to go down/were going down)
– él/ella/usted bajaba (he/she/you used to go down/was going down)
– nosotros/nosotras bajábamos (we used to go down/were going down)
– vosotros/vosotras bajabais (you all used to go down/were going down)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes bajaban (they/you all used to go down/were going down)

Future (Futuro simple):
– yo bajaré (I will go down)
– tú bajarás (you will go down)
– él/ella/usted bajará (he/she/you will go down)
– nosotros/nosotras bajaremos (we will go down)
– vosotros/vosotras bajaréis (you all will go down)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes bajarán (they/you all will go down)

Additionally, ‘bajar’ is a regular -ar verb, so it follows the standard conjugation patterns for other -ar verbs in Spanish.

Examples of sentences that use ‘bajar’:
– Voy a bajar las escaleras. (I am going to go down the stairs.)
– El ascensor está bajando. (The elevator is going down.)
– Baja la voz, por favor. (Lower your voice, please.)
– Tienes que bajar de peso por tu salud. (You have to lose weight for your health.)
– Bajamos del autobús en la próxima parada. (We get off the bus at the next stop.)
– Mañana bajaré al sótano a buscar las herramientas. (Tomorrow I will go down to the ba*****t to look for the tools.)

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