bajo

See also: bajó, bájo, and bäjö

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /báː.(d)ʒòː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.d͡ʒòː]

Noun

bājṑ m (possessed form bājòn)

  1. badge

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ajɔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧jo

Noun

bajo f

  1. vocative singular of baja

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaxo/ [ˈba.xo]
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -axo
  • Syllabification: ba‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Cognate with English base and bass.

Adjective

bajo (feminine baja, masculine plural bajos, feminine plural bajas)

  1. short (of little height)
    Antonym: alto
  2. low, ground (situated close to the ground)
    Antonym: alto
  3. low, bottom, poor (not high in status, amount or quality)
    Antonym: alto
  4. (music) bass
  5. base, mean, low, despicable
    Synonym: vil
Derived terms

Adverb

bajo

  1. low
  2. down (location)
  3. down, quietly, softly (volume)

Noun

bajo m (plural bajos)

  1. (music) bass (sound, voice or instrument)
  2. (Spain) ground floor
    Synonym: planta baja
Derived terms

Preposition

bajo

  1. under (in both literal and figurative senses)
    Synonym: debajo de
    No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol.
    There's nothing new under the sun.
    • 2025 July 8, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump anuncia nuevo arancel del 50 % a las importaciones de cobre”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      En febrero, Trump ordenó una investigación bajo la Sección 232 sobre las importaciones de cobre, amparado en una ley que le otorga autoridad para imponer aranceles más altos por motivos de seguridad nacional.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Cebuano: baho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bajo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bajar

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