bajada

English

Alternative forms

bahada

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bajada.

Noun

bajada (plural bajadas)

(US) In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈxada/ [baˈxa.ð̞a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: ba‧ja‧da

Noun

bajada f (plural bajadas)

drop, descent
Synonym: descenso

Antonym: subida
declivity
Antonym: subida

Derived terms

bajada de aguas
bajada de bandera

Related terms

bajar

Participle

bajada f sg

feminine singular of bajado

Further reading

“bajada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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