rebaixar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abase verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
- cheapen verb To lower the price or value of something.
- debase verb To reduce the quality or worth of something.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
Senses
rebaixar is used for these senses in English:
- abase (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
- cheapen (transitive) To make vulgar.
- countersink (transitive) To create such a conical recess.
- debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- lower (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
abase — full definition
- verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
- verb To physically push or bring something down, or to bend low.
- verb To reduce the value of something, especially by changing the metal content of coins.
cheapen — full definition
- verb To lower the price or value of something.
- verb To make something seem less respectable or dignified.
- verb To go down in price or value.
- verb To try to agree a lower price for something before buying it.
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