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baixo

Aragonese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Cognate with Catalan baix, Occitan baish, Spanish bajo, English base and bass.

Adjective

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baixo

  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

Adverb

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baixo

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

Noun

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baixo m

  1. (music) bass (sound, voice or instrument)

Preposition

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baixo

  1. under (in both literal and figurative senses)
    Synonym: dichós de
    Las claus son baixo l'alfombra .
    The jeys are under the rug.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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baixo

  1. Verb form of baixar

Further reading

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Aragonario

Catalan

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Verb

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baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbajʃo/ [ˈba̠j.ʃʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ajʃo
  • Hyphenation: bai‧xo

Adjective

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

  1. low
    Antonym: alto

Derived terms

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Preposition

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baixo

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

Noun

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baixo m (plural baixos)

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

Verb

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baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baixo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. low; short (of little height)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ʃu/ [ˈbaɪ̯.ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaj.ʃo/ [ˈbaɪ̯.ʃo]

  • Audio (Portugal, Oporto):(file)
  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -ajʃu, (Southern Brazil) -ajʃo
  • Hyphenation: bai‧xo

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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baixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baixar
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