cabizbajo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabiθˈbaxo/ [ka.β̞iθ̬ˈβ̞a.xo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kabisˈbaxo/ [ka.β̞izˈβ̞a.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: ca‧biz‧ba‧jo

Adjective

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

1. crestfallen, downcast, dejected, gloomy, glum

   Synonyms: abatido, encogido

Derived terms

• cabizbajamente
• cabizbajar

Verb

cabizbajo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabizbajar

Further reading

• “cabizbajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025