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bajada in British English
Spanish (baˈxada)
noun
rugby union
a scrummaging technique, developed in Argentina, in which all eight forwards in a pack drive forward low and hard
Word origin
C20: from Spanish bajar to go downbajada in American English
(bəˈhɑːdə)
noun
an alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the coalescing of several alluvial fans
Word origin
[1865–70, Amer.; ‹ Sp: slope, swoop, orig. fem. ptp. of bajar to descend ‹ VL *bassiāre, deriv. of LL bassus short, low]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, maverick, racism, steamrollerImage ofbajada
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