baixo

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Verb

baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

baixo (feminine baixa, masculine plural baixos, feminine plural baixas)

  1. low
    Antonym: alto

Derived terms

Related terms

Preposition

baixo

  1. below, under, underneath
  2. after, following in time
  3. following as a result of

Noun

baixo m (plural baixos)

  1. (music) bass guitar
  2. (music) euphonium
  3. ground floor
  4. (geography) depression
  5. (geography) reef, shoal

Verb

baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar

References

  • “baixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “baixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “baixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “baixo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “baixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus (“low; short”).

Pronunciation

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ʃo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ʃʊ/

Adjective

baixo m (plural baixos, feminine baixa, feminine plural baixas)

  1. low; short (of little height)

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Descendants

  • Fala: baxiu
  • Galician: baixo
  • Portuguese: baixo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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  • Hyphenation: bai‧xo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixo, from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”). Compare English bass, Spanish bajo.

Adjective

baixo (feminine baixa, masculine plural baixos, feminine plural baixas)

  1. low
    Antonym: alto
  2. short
  3. (figuratively) immoral and/or unfair

Noun

baixo m (plural baixos)

  1. (music) bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)
  2. (by extension) bassist (musician who plays the bass)
    Synonym: baixista
  3. depression, hollow (of land or an object)
    Synonym: depressão
  4. (in the plural) basement (of a house)
    Synonym: porão
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar
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