Bajarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb bajarse means to get off, to get down, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Bajarse means to get off or to get down, and it is the reflexive verb for leaving a bus, a train, a car or a bicycle, and for getting down from a ladder or a wall. It takes de for the vehicle or place, as in bajarse del autobús. Like every Spanish verb, bajarse changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say me bajo del autobús en la plaza, and in the preterite you say me bajé del coche con cuidado. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: bajarse
  • English: to get off, to get down
  • Verb type: reflexive regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: bajando
  • Past participle: bajado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + bajado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for bajarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Bajarse is reflexive: me bajo, te bajas. Without the pronoun, bajar means to go down or to lower something else.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for bajarse. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajo
tú te bajas
él/ella/Ud. se baja
nosotros/as nos bajamos
vosotros/as os bajáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajé
tú te bajaste
él/ella/Ud. se bajó
nosotros/as nos bajamos
vosotros/as os bajasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajaba
tú te bajabas
él/ella/Ud. se bajaba
nosotros/as nos bajábamos
vosotros/as os bajabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajaré
tú te bajarás
él/ella/Ud. se bajará
nosotros/as nos bajaremos
vosotros/as os bajaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajaría
tú te bajarías
él/ella/Ud. se bajaría
nosotros/as nos bajaríamos
vosotros/as os bajaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajarían

Present perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me he bajado
tú te has bajado
él/ella/Ud. se ha bajado
nosotros/as nos hemos bajado
vosotros/as os habéis bajado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se han bajado

Pluperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me había bajado
tú te habías bajado
él/ella/Ud. se había bajado
nosotros/as nos habíamos bajado
vosotros/as os habíais bajado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habían bajado

Future perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habré bajado
tú te habrás bajado
él/ella/Ud. se habrá bajado
nosotros/as nos habremos bajado
vosotros/as os habréis bajado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrán bajado

Conditional perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habría bajado
tú te habrías bajado
él/ella/Ud. se habría bajado
nosotros/as nos habríamos bajado
vosotros/as os habríais bajado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrían bajado

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me baje
tú te bajes
él/ella/Ud. se baje
nosotros/as nos bajemos
vosotros/as os bajéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me bajara
tú te bajaras
él/ella/Ud. se bajara
nosotros/as nos bajáramos
vosotros/as os bajarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te baja
él/ella/Ud. se baje
nosotros/as nos bajemos
vosotros/as os bajad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te bajes
él/ella/Ud. se baje
nosotros/as nos bajemos
vosotros/as os bajéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se bajen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund bajando with estar for the progressive: estoy bajando (with the pronoun attached: bajándose)
Past participle bajado with haber for the perfect tenses: he bajado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me bajo del autobús en la plaza. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me bajé del tren en Atocha. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me bajaba del coche con cuidado. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me bajaré de la bicicleta en la puerta. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me bajaría del autobús en la plaza si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he bajado del tren en Atocha. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había bajado del coche con cuidado antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré bajado de la bicicleta en la puerta. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría bajado del autobús en la plaza con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se baje del tren en Atocha. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se bajara del coche con cuidado, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se baje de la bicicleta en la puerta. Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For bajarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te bajes del autobús en la plaza. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with bajarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me bajo del autobús en la plaza. — I get off from the bus in the square.
  2. Se baja del tren en Atocha. — He/she gets off from the train at Atocha.
  3. Ayer, me bajé del coche con cuidado. — Yesterday, I got off from the car carefully.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos bajábamos de la bicicleta en la puerta. — Before, we used to get off from the bicycle at the door.
  5. Mañana, tú te bajarás del autobús en la plaza. — Tomorrow, you will get off from the bus in the square.
  6. Yo me bajaría del tren en Atocha si tuviera más tiempo. — I would get off from the train at Atocha if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha bajado del coche con cuidado. — He has got off from the car carefully.
  8. Espero que él se baje de la bicicleta en la puerta. — I hope he gets off from the bicycle at the door.
  9. Yo ya me había bajado del autobús en la plaza antes de salir. — I had already got off from the bus in the square before leaving.
  10. Ellos se bajaban del tren en Atocha cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to get off from the train at Atocha when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo bajo del autobús en la plaza. — Right: Yo me bajo del autobús en la plaza. — Bajarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Treating bajarse and bajar as identical in every context. — Right: Bajarse means to get off, to get down, while bajar means to go down, to lower something. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: bajarse fits sentences such as Me bajo del autobús en la plaza, while bajar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy bajado del tren en Atocha. — Right: Yo he bajado del tren en Atocha. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he bajado, has bajado, ha bajado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo bajé del coche con cuidado todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo bajaba del coche con cuidado todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (bajaba), not the preterite. The preterite (bajé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on bajarse. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ del autobús en la plaza. (present tense) A. me bajo B. te bajas C. se baja D. nos bajamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ del tren en Atocha. (preterite) A. me bajé B. te bajaste C. se bajaron D. se bajó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ del coche con cuidado. (imperfect) A. te bajabas B. se bajaban C. nos bajábamos D. me bajaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ de la bicicleta en la puerta. (future) A. nos bajaremos B. te bajarás C. me bajaré D. se bajará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ del autobús en la plaza si pudiera. (conditional) A. me bajaría B. te bajarías C. se bajaría D. se bajarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ del tren en Atocha. (present subjunctive) A. me baje B. te bajes C. nos bajemos D. se baje

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ del coche con cuidado, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se bajara B. nos bajáramos C. me bajara D. te bajaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de la bicicleta en la puerta. (present perfect) A. se han bajado B. nos hemos bajado C. me he bajado D. te has bajado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ del autobús en la plaza. (negative imperative, tú) A. te bajes B. se baje C. nos bajemos D. os bajéis

  10. Which is the gerund of bajarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. bajado B. bajo C. bajé D. bajando

Answer key

  1. me bajo — The first-person present of bajarse is me bajo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se bajó — The third-person preterite of bajarse is se bajó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos bajábamos — The nosotros imperfect of bajarse is nos bajábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te bajarás — The second-person future of bajarse is te bajarás.
  5. me bajaría — The first-person conditional of bajarse is me bajaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se baje — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of bajarse is se baje.
  7. me bajara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of bajarse is me bajara.
  8. nos hemos bajado — The nosotros present perfect of bajarse is nos hemos bajado: hemos + bajado.
  9. te bajes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te bajes.
  10. bajando — The gerund of bajarse is bajando: estoy bajando. The participle bajado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does bajarse mean in English?

Bajarse means to get off, to get down. It is used in everyday situations such as Me bajo del autobús en la plaza. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is bajarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Bajarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me bajo del autobús en la plaza and él se baja del tren en Atocha. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between bajarse and bajar?

Bajarse means to get off, to get down, while bajar means to go down, to lower something. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use bajarse when you mean to get off, to get down, as in Me bajo del autobús en la plaza, and use bajar for to go down, to lower something. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I get off” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me bajé del tren en Atocha. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me bajaba del coche con cuidado. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he bajado del tren en Atocha.

How do I practise bajarse?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the bajarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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