declinar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.kliˈna]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.kliˈnaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.kliˈna]
=== Verb ===
declinar (first-person singular present declino, first-person singular preterite decliní, past participle declinat)
(ambitransitive) to decline
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
declinació
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: de‧cli‧nar
=== Verb ===
declinar (first-person singular present declino, first-person singular preterite declinei, past participle declinado)
to abate (decrease or become less in strength)
Synonyms: descer, diminuir
to decline (refuse)
Synonym: recusar
to decline (inflect)
to express something verbally
Synonym: dizer
(grammar) to inflect, decline
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
declinação
=== Further reading ===
“declinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“declinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dekliˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.kliˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: de‧cli‧nar
=== Verb ===
declinar (first-person singular present declino, first-person singular preterite decliné, past participle declinado)
(transitive) to decline
(transitive, grammar) to decline
(intransitive, formal) to draw to an end
(reflexive) to lean (hang outwards)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“declinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025