bajá

Meaning

bajar

  1. to go down, come down
  2. (reflexive) to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle)
  3. to descend
  4. (reflexive) 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.)
  7. to download
  8. (reflexive) to download (for one's own private use)
  9. to lose (e.g., weight)
  10. to take down, bring down
  11. to dim (the lights)
  12. to let down (one's guard)
  13. to wash down (accompany food)
  14. (colloquial) to kill (a person)
  15. (El-Salvador, colloquial, transitive) to deceive and take advantage of (someone).
  16. (El-Salvador, colloquial, transitive) to steal.
  17. (Mexico, colloquial, transitive) to menstruate.

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
ba‧já
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baˈxa/
Etymology

In summary

An older borrowing from Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā), from Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā). Doublet of pachá.

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