Bajar Subjunctive Mood in Castilian Spanish

The Subjunctive Mood of Bajar is used to express wishes, desires, or uncertainty about an action or situation, for example: Espero que bajes las escaleras con cuidado. (I hope you go down the stairs carefully.)

Bajar is a regular -ar verb, so its conjugations in the Present Subjunctive follow the typical pattern for this verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Bajar (to go down) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Castilian Spanish):

Pronoun Conjugation
Yobaje
bajes
Él / Ella / Ustedbaje
Nosotros / Nosotrasbajemos
Vosotros / Vosotrasbajéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesbajen

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Usage of Bajar in the Subjunctive Mood

Bajar generally means “to go down” or “to descend”, but has several different meanings in the Subjunctive Mood, some of which might surprise you.

To go down/descend: for example, Espero que bajes las escaleras con cuidado (I hope you go down the stairs carefully).

To decrease/reduce: for example, Es importante que bajes el volumen cuando haya gente durmiendo (It’s important that you reduce the volume when there are people sleeping).

To download: for example, Necesito que bajes esa aplicación para que podamos usarla (I need you to download that app so we can use it).

To swallow (colloquial): for example, Espero que bajes la pastilla sin problemas (I hope you swallow the pill without problems).

To lower/bring down (colloquial): for example, Ojalá que bajes los humos y te calmes un poco (I hope you lower your temper and calm down a bit).

Examples

Examples of Bajar in the Subjunctive Mood

Espero que el avión baje con seguridad. (I hope the plane lands safely.)

Es importante que bajes la voz cuando entres a la biblioteca. (It’s important that you lower your voice when you enter the library.)

Aunque hace calor, el mesero sugirió que bajemos las persianas para ahorrar energía. (Although it’s hot, the waiter suggested we lower the blinds to save energy.)

Ojalá que los precios de la gasolina bajen pronto. (Hopefully gas prices go down soon.)

Para la cena, la abuela pidió que bajemos los platos de la alacena. (For dinner, grandma asked that we get the plates down from the cabinet.)

El entrenador gritó que bajen el balón con los pies para controlarlo mejor. (The coach yelled that they should bring the ball down with their feet to control it better.)

Mamá dice que bajes la música para que el bebé pueda dormir. (Mom says you should turn the music down so the baby can sleep.)

Tal vez baje de peso si hago más ejercicio. (Maybe I’ll lose weight if I exercise more.)

Cuando bajen las aguas del río, vamos a pescar. (When the river waters go down, we’ll go fishing.)

Ojalá que la inflación baje para que la economía se recupere. (Hopefully inflation goes down so the economy can recover.)

Dicen que si bajamos de peso, tendremos más energía. (They say if we lose weight, we’ll have more energy.)

Para la foto de grupo, el fotógrafo pidió que bajemos al primer piso. (For the group photo, the photographer asked that we go down to the first floor.)

Ojalá que los casos de COVID bajen para poder viajar pronto. (Hopefully COVID cases go down so we can travel soon.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Bajar (to go down) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

Spanish English
Yo baje I go down
Tú bajes You go down
Él / Ella / Usted baje He / She / You (formal) goes down
Nosotros / Nosotras bajemos We go down
Vosotros / Vosotras bajéis You all go down
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bajen They / You all (formal) go down

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Synonyms

The Subjunctive mood is also known as the Simple Subjunctive, Subjunctive Present, or Present Subjunctive Mood in English, and as Presente de Subjuntivo, Subjuntivo Presente, Presente del Modo Subjuntivo, or Tiempo Presente del Subjuntivo in Spanish.