This is the 990th most frequent Catalan word.
baixar
"Baixar" means "to go down," "to descend," or "to lower" in English.
Here, 'baixar' is used to indicate the act of descending a set of stairs.
Vaig baixar les escales amb cura.
I went downstairs carefully.
Here, 'baixar' conveys the action of a quantity or value decreasing.
El riu ha baixat el seu cabal després de les pluges.
The river has decreased its flow after the rains.
In this context, 'baixar' means to download information from the internet or a digital source.