Rebajar

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for May 1, 2009

rebajar (verb) — to reduce, diminish, lessen, decry. Look up rebajar in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/rebajar)

Hay que rebajar la tabla un poco de ese lado para que entre bien.
You have to trim a little bit off that side of the board so it will fit well.

[poli]

I have heard that rebejar used to mean to bargain with in order to get a lower price.
Pidieron $700 para el colchón pero voy a perdir rebaja con $500 en mi bolsillo nada más.

[chileno]

I have heard that rebejar used to mean to bargain with in order to get a lower price.
Pidieron $700 para el colchón pero voy a perdir rebaja con $500 en mi bolsillo nada más.

Right. And that is to reduce the price.

[María José]

También se puede rebajar el vino con agua...to avoid ending up like this :dancingman::blackeye:

[chileno]

También se puede rebajar el vino con agua...to avoid ending up like this :dancingman::blackeye:

Correcto. :lol:

A eso tambien se le llamaria "diluir" o "aguar".

"cut down" and there is another term in English that I cannot remember...:impatient:

[irmamar]

Me gusta ir de rebajas, todo está rebajado al 50%.
No me gusta que me rebajen el vino con agua.
También se puede rebajar algún objeto, acortándolo un poco (en este caso, una tabla)

[thesimonway]

Correcto. :lol:

A eso tambien se le llamaria "diluir" o "aguar".

"cut down" and there is another term in English that I cannot remember...:impatient:

Maybe, to water down is the forgotten term?

[CrOtALiTo]

I have heard that rebejar used to mean to bargain with in order to get a lower price.
Pidieron $700 para el colchón pero voy a perdir rebaja con $500 en mi bolsillo nada más.

Yes, you are right.

[Rusty]

Maybe, to water down is the forgotten term?Agree. To water down and to cut are two ways to say the same thing. To cut down means something else.

[chileno]

Maybe, to water down is the forgotten term?

Agree. To water down and to cut are two ways to say the same thing. To cut down means something else.

Correcto. I had forgotten about "water down" and I guess I was thinking in Spanish "reducir" when I wrote "cut down" :)

[CrOtALiTo]

Hold me on, I have a question.

Water down meaning Rebajar?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Water down es diluír, o sea, rebajar con agua.