decaer

v.

1 to decline.

¡que no decaiga! don't lose heart!

su belleza no ha decaído con los años her beauty has not faded with the years

La intensidad decae con el tiempo Intensity wanes in time.

2 to decay, to fall into decline.

El entusiasmo decayó desde el evento Enthusiasm decayed since the event.

3 to be losing.

Nos decayó el juego We were losing the game.

4 to decrease, to dwindle.

Me decayó el negocio My business decreased.

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decaer

Conjugation model [CAER], like {{link=caer}}caer

► verbo intransitivo

1 (perder fuerzas) to weaken; (- entusiasmo, interés) to flag; (- salud) to go down, deteriorate, decay; (- belleza etc) to lose

■ su interés está decayendo his interest is flagging

■ Elena ha decaído en belleza Elena has lost her beauty

2 (imperio, costumbre) to decay

3 (fiebre) to go down

4 (negocio) to fall off, decline

5 (ánimo) to lose heart

■ su ánimo no decae she doesn't lose heart

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verb

1) to decline, decay

2) weaken

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VI

1) [imperio, país] to decline

desde que cerraron la fábrica el pueblo ha decaído — since they closed the factory the town has gone downhill

2) (=disminuir) [entusiasmo, interés] to wane, fade (away); [esperanzas] to fade

su ánimo decayó tras la muerte de su padre — he lost heart after his father's death

¡ánimo, que no decaiga! — bear up, don't lose heart!

¡que no decaiga la fiesta! — come on, let's keep the party going!

3) (=empeorar) [salud] to fail, decline; [enfermo] to deteriorate, fail

4) (Com) [demanda] to fall off; [calidad] to decline, fall off

5)

decaer en algo: ha decaído en belleza — her beauty has faded

su fuerza dramática decae en intensidad al final — its dramatic force declines in intensity at the end

6) (Náut) to drift, drift off course

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verbo intransitivo

a) ánimo/fuerzas to flag; interés/popularidad to wane

b) barrio/restaurante to go downhill; calidad/prestigio to decline

c) imperio/civilización to decay, decline

d) enfermo to deteriorate

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= lapse, flag, ebb.

Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

Ex. But more mature readers can be expected to go on reading for full sessions without flagging, a point that most children should reach by ten years old.

Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.

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* interés + decaer = interest + flag.

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verbo intransitivo

a) ánimo/fuerzas to flag; interés/popularidad to wane

b) barrio/restaurante to go downhill; calidad/prestigio to decline

c) imperio/civilización to decay, decline

d) enfermo to deteriorate

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= lapse, flag, ebb.

Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

Ex: But more mature readers can be expected to go on reading for full sessions without flagging, a point that most children should reach by ten years old.

Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.

* interés + decaer = interest + flag.

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decaer [E16 ]

vi

1 «ánimo/fuerzas» to flag; «interés/popularidad» to wane, fall off, diminish

¡que no decaiga! keep it up!

el ritmo de trabajo ha decaído considerablemente the work rate has fallen off o declined considerably

2 «barrio/restaurante» to go downhill; «calidad/popularidad» to decline

el prestigio de la compañía ha decaído mucho the company's prestige has declined o waned considerably

3 «imperio/civilización» to decay, decline

4 «enfermo» to deteriorate

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decaer (conjugate decaer) verbo intransitivo

a) [ánimo/fuerzas] to flag;

[enfermo] to deteriorate;
[interés/popularidad] to wane

b) [barrio/restaurante] to go downhill;

[calidad/prestigio] to decline

c) [imperio/civilización] to decay, decline

decaer verbo intransitivo
1 (la energía, la salud, etc) to deteriorate
2 (en fuerza, intensidad) to decline: la minería ha decaído mucho en la última década, the mining industry has been in decline for the last ten years
'decaer' also found in these entries:
English:
decline
- fall off
- flag
- lapse
- sag
- slip
- slump
- wane
- decay
- decrease
- droop
- ebb
- fade
- fall
- falter
- rot
- sink
- slacken
- subside
- taper

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decaer vi

1. [debilitarse] to decline;

[actividad, ritmo, trabajo] to fall off, to slacken; [entusiasmo, ánimos, energías] to flag; [interés, fama] to decline, to wane;

su belleza no ha decaído con los años her beauty has not faded with age;

¡que no decaiga! don't lose heart!

2. [imperio, sociedad] to decline;

[empresa, establecimiento, zona] to go downhill;

la fiesta fue decayendo the party gradually fizzled out

3. [enfermo] to get weaker;

[salud] to fail

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decaer

<part decaido> v/i tb fig

decline; de rendimiento fall off, decline; de salud deteriorate

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decaer {13} vi

1) : to decline, to decay, to deteriorate

2) flaquear: to weaken, to flag