Feb
6
2010
Spanish Adverb: Abajo, bajo
Author: Johns SmithSpanish Adverb: Abajo, bajo
Pronunciation: Ah-bah-joh
Translation: Below, under
Function: Adverb
‘Hacia un lugar inferior’ [toward a place below] is what ‘Abajo’ means -when paired with movement verbs-, as in: ‘nadó aguas abajo’ [swam downstream]. If the associated verb doesn’t mean movement, then it has a sense of a place below: “Está allá abajo’ [he is below]
Without the ever important “movement” prefix ‘a’, ‘bajo’ can function as the “down” adverb: ‘a un volumen bajo’ [at a lower volume]. When it appears after a noun, it means in the lowest part: ‘río abajo’ [down river]
Example:
Voy abajo
Translation:
I am going below
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