cabizbajo

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from cabeza (“head”) +‎ bajo (“low”) (compare Portuguese cabisbaixo).

Adjective

cabizbajo (feminine cabizbaja, masculine plural cabizbajos, feminine plural cabizbajas)

crestfallen, downcast, dejected, gloomy, glum
Synonyms: abatido, encogido

Derived terms

Verb

cabizbajo

first-person singular present indicative of cabizbajar

Further reading

“cabizbajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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