Rebajar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb rebajar means to reduce — it also means to lower (price), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Rebajar is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of rebajar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo rebajo el precio — "I reduce the price" — and in the preterite you say Yo rebajé los precios en enero — "I reduced prices in January". 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: rebajar
- English: to reduce, to lower (price)
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: rebajando
- Past participle: rebajado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + rebajado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for rebajar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for rebajar. 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.
Gerund: rebajando · Past participle: rebajado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajo |
| tú | rebajas |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebaja |
| nosotros/as | rebajamos |
| vosotros/as | rebajáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajé |
| tú | rebajaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebajó |
| nosotros/as | rebajamos |
| vosotros/as | rebajasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajaba |
| tú | rebajabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebajaba |
| nosotros/as | rebajábamos |
| vosotros/as | rebajabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajaré |
| tú | rebajarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebajará |
| nosotros/as | rebajaremos |
| vosotros/as | rebajaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajaría |
| tú | rebajarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebajaría |
| nosotros/as | rebajaríamos |
| vosotros/as | rebajaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he rebajado |
| tú | has rebajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha rebajado |
| nosotros/as | hemos rebajado |
| vosotros/as | habéis rebajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han rebajado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había rebajado |
| tú | habías rebajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había rebajado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos rebajado |
| vosotros/as | habíais rebajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían rebajado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré rebajado |
| tú | habrás rebajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá rebajado |
| nosotros/as | habremos rebajado |
| vosotros/as | habréis rebajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán rebajado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría rebajado |
| tú | habrías rebajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría rebajado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos rebajado |
| vosotros/as | habríais rebajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían rebajado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebaje |
| tú | rebajes |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebaje |
| nosotros/as | rebajemos |
| vosotros/as | rebajéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | rebajara |
| tú | rebajaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebajara |
| nosotros/as | rebajáramos |
| vosotros/as | rebajarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | rebaja |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebaje |
| nosotros/as | rebajemos |
| vosotros/as | rebajad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | rebajes |
| él/ella/Ud. | rebaje |
| nosotros/as | rebajemos |
| vosotros/as | rebajéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | rebajen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | rebajando | with estar for the progressive: estoy rebajando |
| Past participle | rebajado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he rebajado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For rebajar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo rebajo los precios en enero — "I reduce prices in January". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For rebajar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo rebajé un diez por ciento — "I reduced by ten per cent". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For rebajar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo rebajaba el precio — "I used to reduce the price". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For rebajar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo rebajaré los precios en enero — "I will reduce prices in January". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For rebajar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo rebajaría un diez por ciento — "I would reduce by ten per cent". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For rebajar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he rebajado el precio — "I have reduced the price". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For rebajar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había rebajado los precios en enero — "I had reduced prices in January". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For rebajar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré rebajado un diez por ciento — "I will have reduced by ten per cent". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For rebajar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría rebajado el precio — "I would have reduced the price". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For rebajar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él rebaje los precios en enero — "I hope he reduces prices in January". 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 rebajar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo rebajara un diez por ciento, todo cambiaría — "If I reduced by ten per cent, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For rebajar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Rebaje el precio — "Let him reduce the price". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For rebajar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No rebajes los precios en enero — "Don't reduce prices in January". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 rebajar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo rebajo un diez por ciento — "I reduce by ten per cent"
- Él rebaja el precio — "He reduces the price"
- Yo rebajé los precios en enero — "I reduced prices in January"
- Yo rebajaba un diez por ciento — "I used to reduce by ten per cent"
- Tú rebajarás el precio — "You will reduce the price"
- Yo rebajaría los precios en enero — "I would reduce prices in January"
- Él ha rebajado un diez por ciento — "He has reduced by ten per cent"
- Espero que él rebaje el precio — "I hope he reduces the price"
- Yo había rebajado los precios en enero — "I had reduced prices in January"
- Ellos rebajaban un diez por ciento — "They used to reduce by ten per cent"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos rebaja el precio — Right: Ellos rebajan el precio — Ellos needs the ellos form rebajan. The singular rebaja belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo rebajo — Right: Ayer, yo rebajé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to rebajé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo rebajé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo rebajaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (rebajaba), not the preterite. The preterite (rebajé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy rebajado los precios en enero. — Right: Yo he rebajado los precios en enero. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he rebajado, has rebajado, ha rebajado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él rebaja el precio. — Right: Espero que él rebaje el precio. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: rebaje. The indicative rebaja is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on rebajar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el precio. (present tense) A. rebajaba B. rebajo C. ha rebajado D. rebajan
Complete the sentence: Él ___ el precio. (preterite) A. había rebajado B. rebajó C. has rebajado D. habrán rebajado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el precio. (imperfect) A. rebajábamos B. han rebajado C. rebajéis D. he rebajado
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ el precio. (future) A. rebajaban B. rebajarás C. rebajaran D. rebajaba
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el precio. (conditional) A. rebajáramos B. rebajemos C. habrían rebajado D. rebajaría
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el precio. (present subjunctive) A. rebajarais B. rebajarán C. rebaje D. rebajará
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el precio, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. rebajara B. habrás rebajado C. habría rebajado D. habríais rebajado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el precio. (present perfect) A. habrán rebajado B. rebajarais C. hemos rebajado D. rebajarían
Complete the command: No ___ el precio. (negative imperative, tú) A. rebajéis B. rebaje C. rebajen D. rebajes
Which is the gerund of rebajar, used with estar for the progressive? A. rebajaba B. rebajo C. rebajando D. rebajé
Answer key
- rebajo — The yo present tense of rebajar is rebajo.
- rebajó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of rebajar is rebajó.
- rebajábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of rebajar is rebajábamos.
- rebajarás — The tú future of rebajar is rebajarás.
- rebajaría — The yo conditional of rebajar is rebajaría.
- rebaje — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of rebajar is rebaje.
- rebajara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of rebajar is rebajara.
- hemos rebajado — The nosotros/as present perfect of rebajar is hemos rebajado.
- rebajes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: rebajes.
- rebajando — The gerund of rebajar is rebajando: estoy rebajando. The participle rebajado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does rebajar mean in English?
Rebajar means to reduce, to lower (price). It is used in everyday situations such as Yo rebajo el precio. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is rebajar regular?
Yes. Rebajar is a regular -ar verb: rebajo, rebajas, rebaja. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of rebajar?
The gerund is rebajando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy rebajando. The past participle is rebajado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he rebajado.
How do I say “I reduce” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo rebajé los precios en enero. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo rebajaba un diez por ciento. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he rebajado el precio.
How do I practise rebajar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the rebajar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Rebajar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for rebajar.
- Rebajar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for rebajar.
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- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
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