declínio

/deˈklinju/

o 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os declínios

Meaning

  1. decline

    • O declínio começou.

      The decline began.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

decadência

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

decadencia

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

Spanish

declive

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

Practice

1 What does declínio mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ começou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches declínio?

noun

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