baixar

• baxar

From baxo, or from Vulgar Latin *bassiō, *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): /ba(i̯)ˈʃa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: bai‧xar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

baixar

1. (transitive; literal or figurative) to lower (make lower)

   Antonym: puyar

   Baixa la musica.

   Lower the music.

2. (intransitive; literal or figurative) to lower (become lower)

   Antonym: puyar

3. (reflexive) to get off, get down, climb down, step down, get out, alight, disembark (of/from a platform, vehicle, animal, etc.)

   Antonym: puyar

   Voi baixar-me del taxi.

   I'm going to get out of the taxi.

4. (transitive, Internet) to download

   Synonym: descargar

   Antonym: penchar

   T'has baixau ixe documento que te ninvié?

   Did you download that document that I sent you?

• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) (version 13) (in Aragonese), page 283
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), page 137
• “bajar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus (“low; short”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bajˈʃaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

baixar (first-person singular present baixo, first-person singular preterite baixí, past participle baixat)

1. (transitive) to lower (make lower)
2. (intransitive) to lower (become lower)
3. to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle)

   Antonym: pujar

   Vaig baixar-me del taxi.

   I got off the taxi.

4. (Internet, transitive) to download

   Synonym: descarregar

   Antonym: penjar

   T'has baixat aquell document que et vaig enviar?

   Did you download that document that I sent you?

• “baixar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• beixar

From Old Galician-Portuguese baixar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): /bajˈʃaɾ/ [ba̠jˈʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: bai‧xar

baixar (first-person singular present baixo, first-person singular preterite baixei, past participle baixado)

1. (transitive) to lower
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (1975), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 111:

     Et sua oraçõ acabada, baixarõ as lãças et forõ ferir ẽnos mouros et chamãdo "Sanctiago!"

     After they finished their prayer, they lowered their spears and went to hit the Moors while shouting "Saint James!"

   Synonym: abaixar

2. (intransitive) to go down

   Synonym: descer

3. (pronominal) to duck

   Synonym: agochar

4. (pronominal) to strive

   Synonym: esforzar

5. (transitive, Internet) to download (to transfer data from a server to a local computer)

   Synonym: descargar

• baixa
• baixo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baixar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “baixar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baixar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “baixar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baixar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bassiāre. By surface analysis, baixo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: bai‧xar

baixar (first-person singular present baixo, first-person singular preterite baixei, past participle baixado)

1. (transitive) to lower (to move something to a lower position)

   Synonyms: abaixar, descer

2. (intransitive) to lower; to go down (to go to a lower position)

   Synonyms: abaixar, descer

3. (intransitive) to diminish; to abate (to become lower in intensity or value)

   Synonyms: abaixar, descer

4. (intransitive) to possess (to take control over someone supernaturally) [with em ‘someone’]

   Synonym: possuir

5. (transitive, chiefly Brazil, Internet) to download (to transfer data from a server to a local computer)

   Synonyms: (chiefly Portugal) descarregar, fazer download

   Antonym: subir

6. (intransitive, Brazil, slang) to show up (to go to a place, especially suddenly or en masse) [with em ‘at a location’]

   Synonym: aparecer

• “baixar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “baixar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025