bajón

m.

1 drop.

2 bassoon.

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bajón

► nombre masculino

1 sharp fall, sharp drop, slump

■ la bolsa ha dado un considerable bajón there has been a sharp fall in share prices

2 (de ánimos) depression

3 (de salud) relapse

■ tuvo un bajón he suffered a relapse

4 MÚSICA bassoon

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noun m.

slump

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SM

1) (=descenso) [de presión, temperatura] fall, drop; [de salud] decline, worsening; (Com, Econ) sharp fall

dar o pegar un bajón — [persona, salud] to go downhill; [precios] to fall away sharply; [mercado] to slump

bajón de moral — slump in morale

2) (Mús) bassoon

3) ** withdrawal symptoms pl ( after drug use )

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masculino (fam)

a) (descenso fuerte) sharp drop o fall

la Bolsa ha dado un bajón — the Stock Exchange index has dropped o fallen sharply

ha dado un bajón este semestre — he has gone downhill this semester

b) (de ánimo) depression

en los últimos meses ha dado un bajón — he's gone downhill in the last few months

c) (de salud)

dio un bajón tremendo la semana pasada — she took a turn for the worse last week

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= falling-off, slump, downswing.

Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

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masculino (fam)

a) (descenso fuerte) sharp drop o fall

la Bolsa ha dado un bajón — the Stock Exchange index has dropped o fallen sharply

ha dado un bajón este semestre — he has gone downhill this semester

b) (de ánimo) depression

en los últimos meses ha dado un bajón — he's gone downhill in the last few months

c) (de salud)

dio un bajón tremendo la semana pasada — she took a turn for the worse last week

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= falling-off, slump, downswing.

Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

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bajón

masculine

(fam)

1 (descenso fuerte) sharp drop o fall

la Bolsa ha dado un bajón the Stock Exchange index has suffered a sharp fall, the Stock Exchange index has dropped o fallen sharply

ha dado un bajón este semestre he has gone downhill this semester

2 (de ánimo) depression

en los últimos meses ha dado un bajón he's gone downhill in the last few months

3

(de salud): ya estaba mejor y de pronto dio un bajón tremendo she was getting better when suddenly she took a turn for the worse

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bajón sustantivo masculino (fam)

a) (descenso fuerte) sharp drop o fall

b) (de ánimo) depression

bajón sustantivo masculino
1 (de salud) relapse, weakening
(de estado de ánimo) slump
(de rendimiento) el equipo sufrió un bajón en la segunda parte del partido, the team went downhill in the second half
2 (descenso repentino) sharp fall, decline, slump
'bajón' also found in these entries:
English:
slump

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bajón¹ nm

1. [bajada] slump;

las ventas han dado un bajón sales have slumped;

se produjo un bajón de las temperaturas there was a substantial fall in temperatures;

el año pasado dio un bajón en los estudios last year his schoolwork really went downhill

2. [físico]

su salud ha dado un bajón her health has taken a turn for the worse;

sufrió un bajón en el último kilómetro de la carrera he ran out of steam in the last kilometre of the race

3. Fam [desánimo] downer;

le dio un bajón he had a downer

bajón² nm

Mús dulcian

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bajón

m sharp decline;

dar un bajón decline sharply, slump;

tener un bajón de salud take a turn for the worse

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bajón nm, pl bajones : sharp drop, slump