Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Sunday November 9, 2008

abajo, adverb:
below; downstairs

Abajo is a basic word to indicate the position of something.

Los platos y las tazas están abajo.
The plates and the cups are below.

The phrase desde abajo means from below:

La montaña no parece tan alta desde abajo.
The mountain doesn’t seem so high from below.

You also use abajo to talk about things or people who are downstairs from where you are. You can use it to talk about the same house as you:

Está abajo en la cocina.
He’s downstairs in the kitchen.

or about the same building:

Hay una fiesta en el departamento de abajo.
There’s a party in the downstairs apartment.

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveSunday November 9, 2008