Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I go down
- tú you go down
- usted, él, ella he/she goes down
- nosotros we go down
- vosotros Spain you all go down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they go down
SPANISH VERB
bajar
to go down
- #165 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: bajando
- Past participle: bajado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I went down
- tú you went down
- usted, él, ella he/she went down
- nosotros we went down
- vosotros Spain you all went down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they went down
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to go down
- tú you used to go down
- usted, él, ella he/she used to go down
- nosotros we used to go down
- vosotros Spain you all used to go down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to go down
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will go down
- tú you will go down
- usted, él, ella he/she will go down
- nosotros we will go down
- vosotros Spain you all will go down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will go down
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would go down
- tú you would go down
- usted, él, ella he/she would go down
- nosotros we would go down
- vosotros Spain you all would go down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would go down
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I go down
- tú (that) you go down
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she go down
- nosotros (that) we go down
- vosotros Spain (that) you all go down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they go down
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I went down
- tú (if) you went down
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she went down
- nosotros (if) we went down
- vosotros Spain (if) you all went down
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they went down
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú go down!
- usted go down! (formal)
- nosotros go down! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain go down! (all of you)
- ustedes go down! (all of you)
How to use bajar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Bajo las escaleras corriendo cada mañana.
I run down the stairs every morning.
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Past
Bajamos del camión en la parada equivocada.
We got off the bus at the wrong stop.
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Imperfect
Los precios bajaban cada vez que había oferta.
Prices went down every time there was a sale.
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Future
¿Bajarás a la playa con nosotros después?
Will you go down to the beach with us later?
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Conditional
Yo bajaría el volumen, los vecinos duermen.
I'd turn down the volume, the neighbors are sleeping.
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Present subjunctive
Espero que baje la fiebre con esta medicina.
I hope the fever goes down with this medicine.
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Past subjunctive
Si bajaran las tasas, compraríamos una casa.
If rates went down, we'd buy a house.
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Imperative
¡Baja de ahí ahora mismo, te vas a caer!
Get down from there right now, you're going to fall!
Good to know
- "Bajar" is also to get off a bus and to download: "Bajé la app."
Where you hear bajar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 3
- Aquí se baja por las escaleras. Here you go down by the stairs.
- Bajamos a una cueva. We went down into a cave.
- Voy a bajar primero. I'm going to go down first.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 1
- Bajo la escalera con cuidado. I go down the stairs carefully.
- Bajé al departamento de Sarah. I went down to Sarah's flat.
- Voy a bajar después del café. I'm going to go down after coffee.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.