abajo
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See also: abajó
Spanish
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a (“to”) + bajo (“down”). Cognate to French à bas, which is also used in sense “down with”. Compare English abase.
Adverb
[edit]abajo
- down, downwards
- Antonym: arriba
- downstairs
- Abajo están la cocina y el salón.
- The kitchen and lounge are downstairs.
- below
- Antonym: encima
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]abajo
- (figuratively) down with, away with
- Antonym: viva
- 1810 September 16, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Grito de Dolores,:
- ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!, ¡Abajo el mal gobierno!
- Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe! Down with bad governance!
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]abajo
Further reading
[edit]- “abajo”, 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
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