bajar means: to bow, to come down, to descend, to download, to get off, to lower, to reduce, to turn down
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will learn how to inflect the verb bajar in the Pretérito tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the bajar verb conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Pretérito. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you may find more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Pretérito to English

Note that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

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Step by step instructions

Pretérito belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated verb form consists of two words.The verb bajar has a completely regular conjugation in the Pretérito tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb just follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any exceptions. The basis for this conjugation is the stem of the verb, so we need to begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s very easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form and you have the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So for bajar:

• the stem is: baj-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem baj- in each person as the basis for the conjugations, the common prefix or root that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note the colors and shapes of the letters. It will help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -é for the first person singular to create bajé:

• yo bajé – I bowed

Again add the regular ending -aste for the second person singular to create bajaste:

• tú bajaste – you bowed

Again add the regular ending -ó for the third person singular to create bajó:

• él bajó – he bowed
• ella bajó – she bowed
• usted bajó – (formal) you bowed

And similarly add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create bajamos:

• nosotros bajamos – we bowed
• nosotras bajamos – (feminine) we bowed

Once more add the regular ending -asteis for the second person plural to create bajasteis:

• vosotros bajasteis – (plural) you bowed
• vosotras bajasteis – (feminine, plural) you bowed

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -aron for the third person plural to create bajaron:

• ellos bajaron – they bowed
• ellas bajaron – (feminine) they bowed
• ustedes bajaron – (formal, plural) you bowed

That’s it! The conjugation is now done. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	bajé	I bowed
tú	bajaste	you bowed
él/ella/usted	bajó	he/she/it bowed
nosotros/nosotras	bajamos	we bowed
vosotros/vosotras	bajasteis	you bowed
ellos/ellas/ustedes	bajaron	they bowed

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But do not end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresenteImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to bajar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for bajar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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