En verano bajamos el toldo de la terraza para tener sombra.

In summer we lower the awning on the terrace to have shade.

Breakdown of En verano bajamos el toldo de la terraza para tener sombra.

• tener: to have
• en: in
• para: to
• nosotros: we

Questions & Answers about En verano bajamos el toldo de la terraza para tener sombra.

What does bajamos mean here?

Here, bajamos means we lower / we pull down.

With un toldo (an awning), Spanish often uses bajar because you physically lower it to create shade.

So:

• bajar el toldo = to lower the awning
• subir el toldo = to raise the awning

Even though bajar often means to go down or to lower, in this sentence it specifically means to pull the awning down.

Why is it bajamos and not nosotros bajamos?

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed.

• Bajamos el toldo...
• Nosotros bajamos el toldo...

Both are correct, but the version without nosotros is more natural in most contexts because the verb ending -amos already tells you the subject is we.

Spanish uses subject pronouns mainly for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

So if you wanted emphasis, you could say:

• Nosotros bajamos el toldo, no los vecinos.
  We lower the awning, not the neighbours.

Is bajamos present tense or past tense?