Polyglot Dictionary

decadência

/dekaˈdẽsjɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as decadências

Meaning

  1. decline

    • Foi a decadência do império.

      It was the empire's decline.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

declínio

decadência is more about moral or civilizational decline, decadence; declínio is more general, like a decline in numbers or health.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

declive

declive is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "decline."

Practice

1 What does decadência mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi a ___ do império.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches decadência?

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