abaixar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- + baixar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈʃa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bajˈʃaɾ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

abaixar (first-person singular present abaixo, past participle abaixat)

  1. to lower (make lower)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abaixar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- + baixo (low) + -ar, from Late Latin bassus (low). Compare Portuguese abaixar and Catalan abaixar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aβajˈʃaɾ/

Verb

abaixar (first-person singular present abaixo, first-person singular preterite abaixei, past participle abaixado)

  1. (transitive) to lower, to bow
  2. (transitive) to humble, to humiliate
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bow; to bend down; to crouch
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to humble, to humiliate
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to set (the moon, to sun)

Conjugation

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abaixar, from a- + baixo (low) + -ar, from Late Latin bassus (low).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bajˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.baɪ̯ˈʃa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bajˈʃa(ɾ)/ [a.baɪ̯ˈʃa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bajˈʃa(ʁ)/ [a.baɪ̯ˈʃa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bajˈʃa(ɻ)/ [a.baɪ̯ˈʃa(ɻ)]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bajˈʃaɾ/ [ɐ.βajˈʃaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧bai‧xar

Verb

abaixar (first-person singular present abaixo, first-person singular preterite abaixei, past participle abaixado)

  1. to lower; to cause to move downwards
    Synonyms: arriar, baixar
    Antonyms: erguer, suspender
  2. to lower; to cause to become shorter
    Synonyms: diminuir, encolher, encurtar
    Antonyms: ampliar, amplificar, aumentar
  3. to lower; to reduce (the degree, intensity, strength, etc.)
    Synonym: diminuir
    Antonyms: aumentar, erguer
  4. to lower; to humble
    Synonyms: abater, aviltar, deprimir, desprezar, humilhar, reprimir
    Antonyms: engrandecer, dignificar
  5. inflection of abaixar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.