baixo
Meaning
-
- low
- short
- (figuratively) immoral and/or unfair
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bai‧xo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbaj.ʃu/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”). Compare English bass, Spanish bajo.
New
baixar
- (transitive) to lower (to move something to a lower position)
- (intransitive) to lower; to go down (to go to a lower position)
- (intransitive) to diminish; to abate (to become lower in intensity or value)
- (intransitive) to possess (to take control over someone supernaturally)
- (Brazil,Internet,transitive) to download (to transfer data from a server to a local computer)
- (Brazil,intransitive,slang) to show up (to go to a place, especially suddenly or en masse)
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Sentences
Eles correram para baixo rapidamente .
They rushed downstairs quickly.
Tentando melhorar o mundo 🗺️ pulando para cima 🆙 e para baixo .
🗺️
🆙
Trying to improve the world by jumping up and down.