Polyglot Dictionary

rebaixar

/xebajˈʃaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
rebaixo
preterite (eu)
rebaixei
past participle
rebaixado

Meaning

  1. to lower

    • Rebaixaram o time.

      They relegated the team.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

abaixar

abaixar is more literal, to physically lower something, like a volume or a window; rebaixar is more figurative or social, to lower someone's status, to demote or humiliate.

Similar in other languages

German

absenken

absenken is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to lower."

German

herunterlassen

herunterlassen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to lower."

German

senken

senken is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to lower."

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