- declive
- m.1 decline, fall (decadencia).en declive in decline2 slope (pendiente).un terreno en declive an area of sloping ground* * *declive► nombre masculino1 (inclinación) slope, incline2 figurado (decadencia) decline\FRASEOLOGÍAen declive figurado on the decline* * *noun m.1) decline2) slope* * *SM1) [de terreno, superficie] incline, gradient
un terreno en declive — sloping ground
2) (=decadencia) declineen declive: es una ciudad en declive — it's a city in decline
una ideología en declive — an ideology in decline o on the wane
el consumo de alcohol está o va en declive — alcohol consumption is declining o is on the decline
* * *masculinoa) (de una superficie) slope, incline (frml)terreno en declive — sloping ground
b) (decadencia) declineuna economía en declive — a declining economy, an economy in decline
* * *= droop, decline.Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.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.----* estar en declive = be in decline.* * *masculinoa) (de una superficie) slope, incline (frml)terreno en declive — sloping ground
b) (decadencia) declineuna economía en declive — a declining economy, an economy in decline
* * *= droop, decline.Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
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.* estar en declive = be in decline.* * *declivemasculine1 (de una superficie) slope, incline (frml)terreno en declive sloping groundtiene buen declive (Chi fam); he can drink anybody under the table (colloq)2 (decadencia) declineuna economía en declive a declining economy, an economy in declineuna especie en declive a species in decline* * *
declive sustantivo masculinoa) (de una superficie) slope, incline (frml);◊ terreno en declive sloping groundb) (decadencia) decline
declive sustantivo masculino
1 (pendiente) incline, slope
2 (decadencia) decline: su declive comenzó en los años cincuenta, she began to lose popularity in the fifties
'declive' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
decadencia
- vertiente
English:
decline
- sloping
- slope
* * *declive nm1. [decadencia] decline, fall;un imperio en declive an empire in decline;entrar en declive to go into decline2. [pendiente] slope;un terreno en declive an area of sloping ground* * *declivem figdecline;en declive in decline;ir en declive decline* * *declive nm1) decadencia: decline2) : slope, incline
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.