abaixar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ baixar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bajˈʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to lower (make lower)

Derived terms

• abaixador
• abaixament

Further reading

• “abaixar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abaixar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “abaixar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abaixar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-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

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)

Related terms

• abaixo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abaixa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “abaixar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐbɐjˈʃaɾ/, [ɐβɐjˈʃaɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧bai‧xar

Verb

1. to lower; to cause something to move downwards

   Synonyms: arriar, baixar

   Antonyms: erguer, suspender

2. to lower; to cause something 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. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Derived terms

• abaixa-língua
• abaixa-luz

 

Related terms

• abaixadela
• abaixado
• abaixamento
• abaixante
• abaixo
• baixo