Polyglot Dictionary

declive

/deˈkliβe/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
declives

Meaning

  1. decline

    • La ciudad está en declive.

      The city is in decline.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

decadencia

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

decadência

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

Portuguese

declínio

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

Practice

1 What does declive mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ciudad está en ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches declive?

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