baixar
Portuguese, verb/bajˈʃa(ʁ)/
baixar is spelled B-A-I-X-A-R (6 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baixar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lower (to move something to a lower position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr baixo”.
What does baixar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lower (to move something to a lower position)
- 2
to lower; to go down (to go to a lower position)
- 3
to diminish; to abate (to become lower in intensity or value)
- 4
to possess (to take control over someone supernaturally)
- 5
Brazilto download (to transfer data from a server to a local computer)
- 6
Brazilslangto show up (to go to a place, especially suddenly or en masse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr baixo 2. pôr mais baixo, diminuir de altura 3. abaixar 4. fazer pender; inclinar
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 baixar
- baixo first-person present singular
- baixei first-person preterite singular
- baixado participle past
- baixares infinitive second-person singular
- baixarmos first-person infinitive plural
- baixardes infinitive plural second-person
- baixarem infinitive plural third-person
- baixando gerund
- baixados masculine participle past
- baixada feminine participle past
- baixadas feminine participle past
- baixas indicative present second-person
- baixa indicative present singular
- baixamos first-person indicative plural
- baixais indicative plural present
- baixam indicative plural present
- baixava first-person imperfect indicative
- baixavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baixar?
- Brazil /bajˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [baɪ̯ˈʃa(h)]
- /bajˈʃa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baixar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baixar in Portuguese?
baixar appears 34 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).