bájate de mi cama
/baxate de mi kama/from spelling rules
In Spanish, 'get off my bed' is bájate de mi cama.
This phrase is a command used to tell someone to leave the surface of the speaker's bed.
Which one should you use?
Sal de mi cama and Salga de mi cama mean 'Get out of my bed', and Quítate de mi cama means 'Get yourself off my bed'.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some Latin American countries, ¡Bájate de mi cama! is used specifically to mean 'Get down from my bed!'
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb endings change based on the person being addressed. The default bájate de mi cama uses the informal 'tú' imperative for friends or children. If you are commanding more than one person to get off the bed, use the plural form bájense de mi cama.
Did you know?
- The word cama may not actually be of Latin origin, but instead stems from a pre-Roman, Paleo-Hispanic language used in the Iberian Peninsula.
- In some contexts, quítate is used not just to move a body, but to 'remove' oneself as if the person were an object blocking the way.
- Spanish uses the reflexive form bájate to emphasize that the person is performing the action of moving their own body.
Examples in context
- Si me disculpa, ¿podría salir de mi cama?Excuse me, could you please get out of my bed?
- Le ruego que se retire de mi cama de inmediato.I urge you to immediately get off my bed.
- Oye, quítate de mi cama y deja de saltar en ella.Hey, get yourself off my bed and stop jumping on it.
- ¡Bájate de mi cama ahora mismo!Get down from my bed right away!
- Por favor, bájate de mi cama.Please, get off my bed.
- Bájate de mi cama, que vas a ensuciar las sábanas.Get off my bed, you are going to dirty the sheets.
Example conversation
Sofía is trying to tidy her room and Mateo is sitting on her bed.
- SofíaMateo, bájate de mi cama, por favor.Mateo, get off my bed, please.
- MateoEstá bien, lo siento.Okay, I'm sorry.
- SofíaNo quiero que se arruguen las mantas.I don't want the blankets to get wrinkled.
- MateoNo te preocupes, ya me bajo.Don't worry, I'm getting down now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cama, de, mi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
