subir

/suˈbiɾ/ · A1 · verb

to go up or come up

🪜 subir = sub (from below) + ir (go): go up from below

From Latin subire, sub (up from under) + ire (to go). Spanish ir still means to go, so subir is literally going upward from below. Its opposite is bajar, to go down.

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