baixar

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

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

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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. (Internet, transitive) to download

   Synonym: descarregar

• “baixar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• beixar

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

• IPA^(key): [bajˈʃaɾ]

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. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to duck

   Synonym: agochar

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to strive

   Synonym: esforzar

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

   Synonym: descargar

• abaixo
• baixa
• baixo

• “baixar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “baixar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “baixar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “baixar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “baixar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “baixar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “baixar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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. (transitive with em) to possess (to take control over someone supernaturally)

   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

6. (Brazil, slang, transitive with em) to show up at (to go to a place, especially suddenly or en masse)

   Synonym: aparecer

• “baixar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “baixar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.