decline

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈklaɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈklaɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di klīn)

Inflections of 'decline' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
declines
v 3rd person singular
declining
v pres p
declined
v past
declined
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
decline [sth] vtr (refuse: an invitation, etc.)rechazar vtr
  rehusar vtr
  declinar vi
 The Smiths have declined our dinner invitation.
 Los Smith rechazaron nuestra invitación a cenar.
decline vi (refuse)negarse v prnl
 I asked my teenage son to clean up his room, but he declined.
 Le pedí a mi hijo adolescente que limpiara su habitación pero se negó.
decline to do [sth] v expr (refuse to do) (acción)negarse a v prnl + prep
 I don't know why John has still got a job when he declines to do any work!
 ¡No sé por qué Juan todavía tiene trabajo cuando se niega a trabajar!
decline vi (decrease)disminuir vi
  descender vi
  decaer vi
  bajar vi
 Sales of desktop computers have been declining over the last few years as most people prefer laptops.
 La venta de computadoras de escritorio ha disminuido con los años porque todos prefieren las portátiles.
decline vi (diminish)deteriorarse v prnl
  descender vi
 The president's popularity has been declining for months.
 La popularidad del presidente está deteriorándose hace meses.
decline n (decrease)disminución nf
  descenso nm
  empeoramiento nm
 The company wondered how it could reverse the decline in sales.
 La compañía se preguntó cómo podía revertir la disminución en las ventas.
decline n (weakening, deterioration)debilitamiento nm
  debilidad nf
 I supposed my grandmother's decline is inevitable; she is 95!
 Supongo que el debilitamiento de mi abuela es inevitable, 'tiene 95!
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
decline n (slope)pendiente nf
  declive nm
 The car rolled down the steep decline.
 El auto bajó por la pendiente.
decline vi (go downwards)descender vtr
  decaer vi
  disminuir vtr
 The hill declines sharply at this point.
 La colina desciende mucho en esta punto.
decline vi figurative (health: worsen)empeorar vtr
 His health has declined in recent years, and he can barely walk.
 Su salud ha empeorado tanto en estos años que apenas puede caminar.
decline [sth] vtr (inflect: a part of speech) (lingüística)declinar vtr
 The Latin teacher asked his students to decline the noun.
 La profesora de Latín le pidió a los alumnos que declinaran el sustantivo.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
decline an invitation v expr (turn down a request to attend [sth])declinar una invitación loc verb
 Would it be rude of us to decline their invitation?
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Decliné amablemente su invitación, me excusé diciendo que tenía que levantarme muy temprano al día siguiente.
  rechazar una invitación loc verb
 ¿Sería poco amable de mi parte rechazar su invitación?
go into a decline v expr figurative (deteriorate)ir en declive loc verb
 The economy is forecast to go into a decline.
 Se pronostica que la economía irá en declive.
in decline adj figurative (deteriorating)en decadencia loc adj
 Dad's health has been in decline since his heart attack.
 La salud de papá está en decadencia desde su infarto.
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Spanish:

Collocations: a [steady, rapid, gradual, steep, sharp] decline (in), a decline in [standards, quality, results], a decline in [her, the student's, their son's] grades, more...

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