bájate de ahí
/baxate de ai/from spelling rules
The phrase "get down from there" in Spanish is bájate de ahí.
This phrase is used as a command to tell someone to move from a higher position to a lower one.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the imperative baja (lower), the reflexive pronoun te (yourself) and the prepositional phrase de ahí (from there).
Which one should you use?
While bájate de ahí is the default, you can replace ahí with allí to form bájate de allí. This is also grammatically correct and can be used to indicate a location that is even further away from the speaker.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, one might say Bájate de allá instead of Baja de ahí. In Argentina, people often use the phrase Bajáte de ahí.
How does it change in a sentence?
To address someone with respect using the formal usted, change bájate to bájese, resulting in bájese de ahí. If you are commanding more than one person to get down, use the plural form bájense de ahí.
Did you know?
- The verb bajar in bájate also means 'to download' in the digital sense, such as downloading a file from the internet.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, a parent might say bájate to a child who is acting too proud or 'high and mighty', regardless of their physical position.
- The word de in bájate de ahí is inherited from the Latin dē, which originally indicated movement from a higher point to a lower one.
Examples in context
- Bájate de ahí.Get down from there.This example shows how to use the phrase bájate de ahí.Tatoeba #1292153 by marcelostockle, translation #51042 by CM
- Disculpe, ¿podría bajar de allí, por favor?Excuse me, could you please get down from there?
- Oye, ¡bájate de ahí ahora mismo!Hey, get down from there now!
- ¡Bájate de ahí ahora mismo!Get down from there right now!
- Es peligroso, por favor bájate de ahí.It is dangerous, please get down from there.
Example conversation
A child is climbing on a kitchen counter.
- DanielSofía, bájate de ahí.Sofía, get down from there.
- SofíaPero quiero ver el pastel.But I want to see the cake.
- DanielEs peligroso, bájate ya.It is dangerous, get down now.
- SofíaEstá bien, ya bajo.Okay, I'm coming down.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ahí, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
