- decadencia
- f.1 decadence.en decadencia on the way out; (moda) in decline (cultura, sociedad)la decadencia del imperio the decline of the empire2 abatardissement, declension.* * *decadencia► nombre femenino1 decadence, decline, decay\FRASEOLOGÍAestar en (franca) decadencia to be in (full) decline* * *noun f.1) decadence2) decline* * *SF (=proceso) decline, decay; (=estado) decadence
estar en franca decadencia — to be in full decline
caer en decadencia — to fall into decline
* * *femeninoa) (proceso) declinecaer en decadencia — to fall into decline
b) (estado) decadence* * *= decline, ebb, labefaction.Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.Ex. The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity.Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.----* decadencia moral = moral decay.* en decadencia = bankrupt.* entrar en decadencia = go to + seed.* estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.* situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.* * *femeninoa) (proceso) declinecaer en decadencia — to fall into decline
b) (estado) decadence* * *= decline, ebb, labefaction.Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
Ex: The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity.Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.* decadencia moral = moral decay.* en decadencia = bankrupt.* entrar en decadencia = go to + seed.* estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.* situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.* * *decadenciafeminine1 (proceso) declineel período de decadencia del imperio the decline of the empirecaer en decadencia to fall into decline2 (estado) decadence* * *
decadencia sustantivo femeninoa) (proceso) declineb) (estado) decadence
decadencia sustantivo femenino
1 (declive, deterioro) decadence
2 Hist Arte la decadencia del arte renacentista, the decline of Renaissance art
'decadencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capa
- continuismo
- crepúsculo
- declive
- ocaso
- franco
English:
decadence
- decay
- stem
- decline
- seed
* * *decadencia nf[en estado físico, en importancia, en calidad] decline; [moral, espiritual] decadence;en decadencia [moda] on the way out;[cultura, sociedad] in decline;entrar en decadencia [moda] to be on the way out;[cultura, sociedad] to go into decline, to become decadent;la decadencia del imperio the decline of the empire* * *decadenciaf decadence; de imperio decline* * *decadencia nf1) : decadence2) : decline
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.