Spanish Verb Bajar Conjugation

The Spanish verb bajar means to take down or lower, but it can be used in several different ways. Bajar is a regular -ar verb like parar or llamar. If you know the conjugation rules for regular -ar verbs, then you can easily conjugate bajar. In this article you can find tables with the present, preterit, imperfect, future, and conditional indicative tenses for bajar, as well as the present and past subjunctive, imperative, and other verb forms.

Using the Verb Bajar

The verb bajar has many different uses. It can be both a transitive and intransitive verb. When it is used as a transitive verb it can mean to lower or drop something, such as Debes bajar el volumen de la música (You must lower the volume of the music), or Bajé el precio del carro (I lowered the price of the car). It can also mean to take or bring something down, as in Voy a bajar el florero del estante (I'm going to bring down the vase from the shelf), and it can even mean to download something from the internet, as in Bajé el archivo a mi computadora (I downloaded the file to my computer). 

The verb bajar can also be used as an intransitive verb to talk about something lowering or dropping, such as El precio de la gasolina bajó (The price of gas dropped) or Esta noche bajará la temperatura (Tonight the temperature will drop). It can also be used to talk about when a person comes down or descends, as in Ella bajó al primer piso (She came down to the first floor). Finally, you can use bajar to talk about getting off a vehicle, as in El niño bajó del autobús (The boy got off the bus).

Bajar Present Indicative

Bajar Preterite Indicative

There are two forms of the past tense in Spanish: the preterite and the imperfect. The preterite is used to talk about completed actions in the past. 

Bajar Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect tense is used to talk about ongoing or repeated actions in the past. With the verb bajar, you can translate the imperfect as "was lowering" or "used to lower." 

Bajar Future Indicative

Bajar Periphrastic Future Indicative

The periphrastic future in Spanish is equivalent to the "going to + verb" construction in English.

Bajar Conditional Indicative

When you want to talk about possibilities or about things that "would happen," you can use the conditional tense. An example of a sentence using the conditional is Si vinieras a visitarme, bajaría a abrirte la puerta (If you came to visit me, I would come down to open the door for you).

Bajar Present Progressive/Gerund Form

The present participle or gerund of -ar verbs is formed with the ending -ando. You can use the present participle to form progressive tenses, such as the present progressive.

Present Progressive of Bajar 

está bajando 

She is lowering 

Ella está bajando las persianas.

Bajar Past Participle

To form the past participle for -ar verbs, use the ending -ado. The past participle is used to form compound tenses like the present perfect. 

Present Perfect of Bajar 

ha bajado 

She has lowered 

Ella ha bajado las persianas. 

Bajar Present Subjunctive

Bajar Imperfect Subjunctive

The tables below show two options for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive. Both options are equally valid.

Option 1

Option 2

Bajar Imperative 

If you want to give a command or direct order, use the imperative mood. The tables below show the affirmative and negative commands, which are different in the tú and vosotros forms.

Positive Commands

Negative Commands