abaixar
Portuguese, verb/a.bajˈʃa(ʁ)/
abaixar is spelled A-B-A-I-X-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abaixar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lower; to cause to move downwards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inclinar para baixo (transitivo)”.
What does abaixar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lower; to cause to move downwards
- 2
to lower; to cause to become shorter
- 3
to lower; to reduce (the degree, intensity, strength, etc.)
- 4
to lower; to humble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. inclinar para baixo (transitivo) 2. diminuir (transitivo ou intransitivo) 3. descer (intransitivo) 4. (figuradamente) humilhar-se (intransitivo)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abaixar
- abaixo first-person present singular
- abaixei first-person preterite singular
- abaixado participle past
- abaixares infinitive second-person singular
- abaixarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abaixardes infinitive plural second-person
- abaixarem infinitive plural third-person
- abaixando gerund
- abaixados masculine participle past
- abaixada feminine participle past
- abaixadas feminine participle past
- abaixas indicative present second-person
- abaixa indicative present singular
- abaixamos first-person indicative plural
- abaixais indicative plural present
- abaixam indicative plural present
- abaixava first-person imperfect indicative
- abaixavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abaixar?
- Brazil /a.bajˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.baɪ̯ˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /a.baˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abaixar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abaixar in Portuguese?
abaixar appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).