bajo

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See also: bajó, bájo, and bäjö

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

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/
  • 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)
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.
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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