bajá
Meaning
bajar
- to go down, come down
- (reflexive) to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle)
- to descend
- (reflexive) to go to a location that is less elevated, less inland, or more to the south
- to lower, reduce, fall
- to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.)
- to download
- (reflexive) to download (for one's own private use)
- to lose (e.g., weight)
- to take down, bring down
- to dim (the lights)
- to let down (one's guard)
- to wash down (accompany food)
- (colloquial) to kill (a person)
- (El-Salvador, colloquial, transitive) to deceive and take advantage of (someone).
- (El-Salvador, colloquial, transitive) to steal.
- (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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