bajar
Spanish, verb/baˈxaɾ/
bajar is spelled B-A-J-A-R (5 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to go down, come down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir a un lugar más bajo que el inicial”.
What does bajar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go down, come down
- 2
to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle)
(Me) bajé del taxi.
- 3
to descend
- 4
to go to a location that is less elevated, less inland, or more to the south
- 5
to lower, reduce, fall
- 6
to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.)
¡Baja la música!
- 7
to download
Vete a mi portátil y baja los libros.
- 8
to download (for one's own private use)
Me estoy bajando libros para el avión.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir a un lugar más bajo que el inicial. 2. Viajar hacia el sur.
verb: 1. Poner algo en una posición más baja respecto a la que tenía. 2. Copiar algún tipo de información, programa o archivos, a través de internet, desde un servidor donde se encuentran alojados al ordenador personal, móvil o tableta de uno mismo. 3. Disminuir el precio o costo de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bajar
- bajo first-person present singular
- bajé first-person preterite singular
- bajado participle past
- bajando gerund
- bajada feminine participle past
- bajados masculine participle past
- bajadas feminine participle past
- bajas indicative informal present
- bajás indicative informal present
- baja indicative present singular
- bajamos first-person indicative plural
- bajáis indicative plural present
- bajan indicative plural present
- bajaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bajabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bajabais imperfect indicative plural
- bajaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bajar?
- /baˈxaɾ/
- [baˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bajar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bajar in Spanish?
bajar appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).