debajo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Old Spanish de

Spanish de

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.?

Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.?

Oscanbor.?

Celticbor.?

Late Latin bassus

Spanish bajo

Spanish debajo

From de + bajo. Compare English debase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈbaxo/ [d̪eˈβ̞a.xo]

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• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: de‧ba‧jo

Adverb

debajo

1. underneath
2. (loosely) below

   Synonym: por debajo

Derived terms

• debajo de siete llaves
• por debajo (adverb)
• por debajo de (preposition)
• tirar debajo del autobús

Related terms

• debajo de, debajo de llave
• por debajo de
• bajo
• bajar

Preposition

debajo

1. (used with possessive pronouns) under, underneath, beneath, (more, loosely) below

   Synonyms: debajo de, (below) por debajo de

   debajo mío/mía ― under me

Usage notes

• The choice between mío/tuyo/suyo/nuestro/vuestro and mía/tuya/suya/nuestra/vuestra doesn't depend on the gender of the speaker or the thing being referred to, so either gender may be used by anyone to refer to anything. Some dialects may prefer one of the two genders.

Further reading

• “debajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025