bajón

Definitions of bajón
  1. noun
    a failure to maintain a higher state
    synonyms: caducidad, recaída, recidiva, reincidencia, reventón
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    type of:
    fracaso
    an act that fails
  2. noun
    a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
    synonyms: fagot, piporro
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    types:
    contrabajón, contrafagot
    the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
  3. noun
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    synonyms: baja, bajada, caída, descenso
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    type of:
    disminución
    the amount by which something decreases
  4. noun
    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
    synonyms: baja, bajada, bajar, caimiento, caída, caído, decrecimiento, depresión, despeño, disminución
  5. noun
    process of changing to an inferior state
    synonyms: agravación, agravamiento, agudización, agudizamiento, degradación, deterioro, empeoramiento, peoría, recrudecimiento, retroceso
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    type of:
    caída, disminución
    change toward something smaller or lower
  6. noun
    a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
    synonyms: depresión, hoyo, mella, muesca, retroceso
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    type of:
    crisis
    an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
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