Polyglot Dictionary

decadencia

/dekaˈðensja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las decadencias

Meaning

  1. decline

    • Vivieron la decadencia del imperio.

      They lived through the empire's decline.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

declive

decadencia and declive are close synonyms for "decline"; declive is perhaps more neutral, a gradual decline, while decadencia is more about moral or cultural decay.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

declínio

declínio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "decline."

Practice

1 What does decadencia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vivieron la ___ del imperio.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches decadencia?

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