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decline / descenso
decline
A. -noun
1. (=decrease) (in numbers, sales) descenso (m), disminuciónoun (f) (in de) (in support, interest) disminuciónoun (f)
·to be on the decline
·ir disminuyendo
2. (=deterioration) decadencia (f), declive (m), deterioro (m) (in standards) descenso (m), declive (m) (medicine) debilitamiento (m)
·the decline of the Roman Empire
·la decadencia del Imperio Romano
·to fall into decline
[industry, town] entrar en decadencia, entrar en declive
·to go into a decline
(medicine) ir debilitándose
B. -transitive verb
1. (=refuse) rehusar, rechazar, declinar formal usage
·to decline to do something
·rehusar hacer algo, declinar hacer algo formal usage
2. (linguistics) declinar
C. -intransitive verb
1. (=decrease)
[power, influence] disminuir
(=deteriorate) decaer (in health) debilitarse, decaer
·to decline in importance
·ir perdiendo importancia
2. (=refuse) negarse, rehusar
3. (linguistics) declinarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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